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How to use the word CLENCHED in a Sentence?

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That was the signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that despite having invaded Georgia and occupied a large swath of its territory, everything was Okay. Russia responded to the outreached hand with a clenched fist and beefed up its attack. – Matthew Bryza	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I raised up my hand and clenched fist and started walking back slowly, they were shooting at me, i braced myself for the impact and they were throwing tear gas. I said to myself, 'no matter what I am going to go down standing'. I was bracing myself for the pain that would come from any impact. – Aisha Yesufu	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As seen in the video she resisted arrest, and in order to have her to comply she was struck in the side to release her clenched fists - she was then handcuffed. – The Coral	Found on CNN 5 years ago
To my surprise, the scene was even more dramatic than I expected. I thought the fox would drop the rabbit, giving the eagle an easy dinner, instead, the fox, with its jaw still clenched on the rabbit, inadvertently got snagged by the bald eagle. The eagle lifted the young fox and rabbit into the sky triggering an even more dramatic struggle. – Photographer Kevin Ebi	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
A serving of protein should be approximately the size of the palm of your hand and starch should be about the size of your clenched fist. – Allie Matarasso	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If all hearts were open and all desires known -- as they would be if people showed their souls -- how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place! – Thomas Hardy	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave. – George Steiner	added by anonymous 10 years ago
When you are in a state of nonacceptance, it's difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson. – Roger John	added by anonymous 14 years ago
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. – Golda Meir	added by anonymous 14 years ago
People with clenched fists can not shake hands. – Indira Nehru Gandhi	added by anonymous 14 years ago
No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched. – George Jean Nathan	added by anonymous 14 years ago

That was the signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that despite having invaded Georgia and occupied a large swath of its territory, everything was Okay. Russia responded to the outreached hand with a clenched fist and beefed up its attack.

– Matthew Bryza

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I raised up my hand and clenched fist and started walking back slowly, they were shooting at me, i braced myself for the impact and they were throwing tear gas. I said to myself, 'no matter what I am going to go down standing'. I was bracing myself for the pain that would come from any impact.

– Aisha Yesufu

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As seen in the video she resisted arrest, and in order to have her to comply she was struck in the side to release her clenched fists - she was then handcuffed.

– The Coral

Found on CNN
5 years ago

To my surprise, the scene was even more dramatic than I expected. I thought the fox would drop the rabbit, giving the eagle an easy dinner, instead, the fox, with its jaw still clenched on the rabbit, inadvertently got snagged by the bald eagle. The eagle lifted the young fox and rabbit into the sky triggering an even more dramatic struggle.

– Photographer Kevin Ebi

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

A serving of protein should be approximately the size of the palm of your hand and starch should be about the size of your clenched fist.

– Allie Matarasso

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If all hearts were open and all desires known -- as they would be if people showed their souls -- how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place!

– Thomas Hardy

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.

– George Steiner

added by anonymous
10 years ago

When you are in a state of nonacceptance, it's difficult to learn. A clenched fist cannot receive a gift, and a clenched psyche grasped tightly against the reality of what must not be accepted cannot easily receive a lesson.

– Roger John

added by anonymous
14 years ago

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

– Golda Meir

added by anonymous
14 years ago

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

– Indira Nehru Gandhi

added by anonymous
14 years ago

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

– George Jean Nathan

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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