clutch
verb (used with object)
to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch.
clutchingly
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a word derived from
clutch.
Example Sentences
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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 Sinclair Lewis
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 Zane Grey
Hands to the number of a dozen stretched clutchingly.
From The Border Legion by Zane Grey
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 Henry James
