[
US
/ˈkɫɛntʃt/
]
[ UK /klˈɛntʃt/ ]
[ UK /klˈɛntʃt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
closed or squeezed together tightly
a clenched fist
his clenched (or clinched) teeth
How To Use clenched In A Sentence
- Then he fell back on the bed and tossed about as though he was in the throes of a poison, muttering through clenched teeth.
- His greasy ingratiation irked the Watchkeeper and he clenched his hands to hide the claws that slipped from his fingertips.
- His clenched fist was the only outward sign of his anger.
- I don't need a drink, " she muttered through clenched teeth.
- My fists clenched and unclenched as I tried to think of some comeback to scream at her but nothing came to mind.
- Even Larry, barefooted now, and with both hands tightly clenched, such was his wrought-up condition, stood and watched with burning eyes as the aeroplane sank lower and lower in its forward swoop. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck
- I clenched my fingers on the steering wheel, the speedometer swung towards 85 mph as I raced home.
- These considerations had clenched the bookbinder's resolution, and this was now the third day of Jean's ushership. The Aspirations of Jean Servien
- Shumba gritted out through clenched teeth, his features dark and angry.
- The driver, taken by ambulance, arrived in the emergency room obtunded, diaphoretic, with his mouth clenched, and with a positive cough reflex.