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Example sentences for: clutching

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There is a peculiar rumor circulating that Stanley Kubrick expired while clutching a fax from a top Warner Bros. executive congratulating him on his recently screened Eyes Wide Shut . That this was a favorable missive is what makes the report so mordant, so mysterious.
Ink does not sweat, we do not sweat ink, and even the traditional fingers clutching traditional ink-filled pens were less likely to be troubled by sweat than by chilly cramp.
The Globe , however, reports that it was Lawrence's fiancee, Shamicka Gibbs, who has been "sitting at [his] bedside clutching Martin's limp hand and praying to God to spare his troubled life."
Thierry Mugler's black satin one-piece took the sado-maso route with stark black bands clutching ribcage and upper thigh, also for $750.
He stops taking calls from his wife (always clutching the baby) on his cell phone.