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Example sentences for: clenched

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I was surprised to find Close in the movie, since her clenched, overly controlled acting seems at odds with what Altman usually goes for.
This Johnny was just a wig and a smear of lipstick on a clenched fist, but he made Señor Wences that rarest of performers, a genuinely funny ventriloquist.
In the original, Reich is set up by his host and then ambushed by a hostile questioner named John, and when he tries to answer with an eloquent Mr. Smith speech ("My fist is clenched.
still clenched around their necks.
McCain clenched his teeth, screwed up his face, and snarled, "GRRRRRRR."