clinch
verb (used with object)
to settle (a matter) decisively.
was clinching
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past progressiveof clinch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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A full Venus, Galileo showed, was clinching evidence for the competing sun-focused “heliocentric” solar system model developed by Copernicus.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 2, 2023
Way back in 1998 when the economy still was new, WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers was clinching his acquisition of long-distance giant MCI, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson had a bone to pick with him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile, Garay was clinching his claim to immortality as the founder of the Spanish power on the Plate.
From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson
Redbud was clinching Verty's doubts by smiling sweetly on Ralph;—Fanny was causing dreadful jealousy and conviction of his misfortune in Ralph, by making herself agreeable to Verty.
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke
Handsome Mrs. Uniacke was clinching the introduction with a smile, which ended in a swift expression of surprise.
From The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
