viselike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In the newer, non-electronic work in this exhibition, she keeps a viselike grip on threats to democracy.
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
But last Saturday morning, I found my fingers clasped together in a viselike grip and tears rolling down my face.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023
Mr. Stempel, once dubbed a “high-strung Human Univac” after the 1950s supercomputer, displayed an uncanny intelligence and viselike memory from his earliest years.
From Washington Post • May 31, 2020
Many technology companies have structured themselves to give founders a viselike grip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 6, 2018
Baby Kochamma would call out when she saw him, with a smile on her lips that completely belied the viselike grip that she had on the thin child’s soapslippery arm.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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