Example Sentences

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After years spent clenching, tightening and torquing myself out of all types of alignment, I am ready to surrender my way back to something like order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

They’re clenching their fists while they’re watching this keynote.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2024

As a star player in the '60s and '70s, Simpson was eventually inducted into the Football Hall of Fame, clenching the title as one of the greatest running backs of all time.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2024

Communist hopeful Nikolai Kharitonov is portrayed angrily clenching his fist while listening to the latest news from volatile commodity markets.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024

TeeTee squealed to Taylor, clenching her fingers into a bear paw to check her nails.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds