Example Sentences

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My muscles have clenched from the cold and no amount of stretching or rubbing will loosen them.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2017

Most have clenched their teeth, pulled in their belts, put on sweaters, and are working a little harder.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have clenched my teeth to keep from betraying to you what you are to me for fear you might weary of me.

From The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature by Various

“Here,” he thought, “is the man; and the evidence, clear and conclusive, and so near this very spot, now scattered in dust and fragments, and the witness who might have clenched the case impracticable!”

From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Had we any longer a doubt that treachery had fired the barn, the disappearance of the Russians themselves would have clenched the argument.

From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir