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Example sentences for: clutch

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The power of the hormones that govern this bonding is familiar to anyone who has watched a woman clutch her just-born child and turn into a love-drunk cuddle-bunny.
I honestly think I'm dependable in clutch situations, even after 36 hours on the job.
Filopodial extension was interpreted as supporting the clutch model, with myosins pulling filaments toward the growth cone interior.
Ornery is one of a clutch of bristly words with odd and often controversial etymologies.
Come if only to savor one (or more) of its great restaurants, a clutch of chic bistros on Tremont Street around Clarendon.