Example Sentences

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If I should, clingingly, clutchingly, stick to these shores, I might then, were it agreeable to you, be able to put in three days of Underbank, which I've never seen in its tragic winter mood.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

Thrusting out her two arms, she laid ivory hands clutchingly on his shoulder.

From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair

Hands to the number of a dozen stretched clutchingly.

From The Border Legion by Grey, Zane

He plunged to his knees before the rope and reached clutchingly, as if he wanted to grasp it, yet dared not.

From The U. P. Trail by Grey, Zane