clinch
verb (used with object)
to settle (a matter) decisively.
had been clinching
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past perfect progressiveof clinch.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Frona had been clinching her hand nervously, but at the word burst out in laughter.
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London
