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Clenched in sentence

86 examples of Clenched in a sentence

It's fixed in a clenched spasm and it's excruciatingly painful.
And the patient puts his phantom left arm, which is clenched and in spasm, on the left side of the mirror, and the normal hand on the right side of the mirror, and makes the same posture, the clenched posture, and looks inside the mirror.
It's clenched again."
My eyes clenched tighter so I wouldn't see the wheat being separated from the chaff.
Did you teach with an open heart or a clenched fist?
I swallowed every sharp word in my throat, clenched my jaw, and instead answered each one of their condescending questions and statements.
It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred.
Autism, arson, robbery, lost love, a bag of money, cut throats, murder, blood, a snub nosed revolver, clenched teeth groaning, boobs (various definitions can be used), large flashlights, tribal people, a brother duo attempting to out-portray "dumb and dumber," white wolves, fight scenes that resemble "happy slapping," snow mobile(s), a large tracked vehicle, and a motel under renovation?
I dared not make eye contact with my brother, quite certain he must have been cursing the receipt in his clenched fist.
I thought this movie was excellent,for the fact that Corrine and Sean are newcomers to the business.It was packed with action and a little romance,but there were some points when Corrine didn't speak very clearly (when she threatened Sean with the gun) and she clenched her teeth...maybe she was supposed to?I think the roles of Joseph and Sonny were portrayed very well,and there was an obvious contrast.Also,because i watched next action star,i am certain that Corrine and Sean did their own stunts,which were performed very well.I am looking forward to another movie by the pair,as they make a great team,or perhaps a sequel to bet your life-possibly called 'making it big in the big apple',it could this time be about Carmen..Bet your life is EXCELLENT!
Could not understand why Jeremy Irons felt it necessary to exhibit a most disconcerting accent, spoken through clenched teeth,and from the back of his throat.
The obvious uses are the digitally filmed closeup shots in low-light of skin in Roman church art masterpieces leading up to the parallel shots of skin when the actors touch ... but note in particular the clenched hand on the sheet at the end of that scene, to be followed later by a montage of clenched hands on ancient statuary (interspersed with an angel) and the almost penultimate shot of a hand at the denouement .... Cinematic style, very specific choices of music, and such foreshadowing all enhance an intriguing character study of an individual descending into emotional turmoil with superbly subtle directorial style.
But I can still feel my heart clenched in my chest, and my mind is still rolling back and forth over what I've just seen.
Countries like India that had maintained links with the junta and gently prized open its clenched fist may well have achieved more than those whose threats, bluster, and sanctions had merely hardened the general’s stance.
More recently, a representative of the National Rifle Association urged viewers to fight the “lies” of the mainstream media with “the clenched fist of truth.”
But she will surely do so with clenched fists.
It made him mad! he clenched his hands, he could have devoured that man in one of those impulses to kill in which he saw everything red.
The children were asleep, she was quite willing; he was certain that she was waiting for him, stifling, and that she would close her arms round him in silence with clenched teeth.
Fists were clenched and violent words were passing from mouth to mouth.
It was the father who took up the little one in his arms, with clenched jaws constantly uttering "My God!" to express his grief, while Catherine and the other women again began to shriek.
So he murmured, with clenched teeth:"And to think that we can't get two sous out of these damned idiots, who are watching us starve!""If I were to take the box?" said the woman, very pale, after some hesitation.
Near them some men were listening: Levaque, with clenched fists; Pierron, turning his back and much annoyed that he had no longer been able to feign a fever.
A flame came into Deneulin's eyes, and his fist, that of a man who liked strong government, was clenched, for fear of yielding to the temptation of seizing one of them by the neck.
Chaval listened in silence, with his fists at first clenched, but then gradually unbent.
The miners clenched their fists and watched the soldiers from behind their shutters by the pale light of the early morning.
bread!""Idiots!" said M. Hennebeau between his clenched teeth.
And as on this day he had lost his tongue, he clenched his fingers, with his air of an old infirm animal ruminating over his recollections.
And Maheu clenched his fists, irritated especially, as he said, by having bayonets in his back.
Chaval clenched his fists.
Since she had followed her man to the cemetery, Maheude kept her teeth clenched.
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