44 collocations for clenching

How did you manage there?" Evadne turned her head away and clenched her hands tightly as the flood of bitter-sweet memories threatened to engulf her.

Granny MARBLE, to the extreme left of the picture, clenches her fists over the pungent suds, and looks fight at Granny JONES, of the Times.

He clenched his teeth in bitter agony, but spoke not a single word.

"Griffinberg, Wirsch, and the rest are with meor nearly soI have got them down to clench the matter.

Thus saying, he turned and looked upon the rolling battle-dust and settling his feet within the stirrups, clenched iron fingers upon his long sword.

Then to his dying son the Champion turned, Remorse more deep within his bosom burned; A burst of frenzy fired his throbbing brain; He clenched his sword, but found his fury vain; The Persian Chiefs the desperate act represt, And tried to calm the tumult in his breast: Thus Gúdarz spoke"Alas!

I remember Scott by Highland streams trying to rouse me by maintaining that haggis is boiled bagpipes; Henley in dispute as to whether, say, Turgenieff or Tolstoi could hang the other on his watch-chain; he sometimes clenched the argument by casting his crutch at you; Stevenson responded in the same gay spirit by giving that crutch to John Silver; you remember with what adequate results.

For you must let me clench this God's truth into your minds; that you stand now in your last lot, in the end of your days when the Son of Man cometh again.

But that day, rather, I clenched my nails over an inward wound: For that a something manlier than my years Look, bearing, what-notby the Duke not miss'd, Condemned me to promotion: I must bide At home, command the Guard!

The arm is kept in the same position, the fist clenched (hand concentro-concentric).

This clenched our conversation; and my gentleman, with a face half wise, half in scorn, troubled us with no more conversation, scientific or philosophical, for the remainder of the journey.

And then his recognition of Bernstein's nefarious handiwork had clenched her conviction.

What clenched the effect was her healthy capacity for complete relaxation when no effort was required of her.

was asking in an affirmative tone, as if to clench the former evidence, "And did you ever see the deceased again?"

"I knew," said Mrs. Redwood, and clenched her pocket-handkerchief ball fashion in one hand.

Then, seized with one of his energetic impulses, he suddenly said: "Mr. Grandissime, you are a man of intelligence, accomplishments, leisure and wealth; why" (clenchings his fists and frowning), "why do you not give yourselfyour timewealthattainmentsenergieseverythingto the cause of the downtrodden race with which this community's scorn unjustly compels you to rank yourself?"

"Why so?" "Betimes thou dost smile upon the moonfor no reason; scowl upon the earthfor no reason; work with thy lips yet speak no word, and therewith do bite thy fingers-ends, clench thy fistsand all for no reason.

The lad griped the fish, as the ancient tradition has it that thy uncle clenched the Holland florin, when my father put it between my fingers, within the month, in order to see if the true saving grace was likely to abide in the family for another generation.

She clenched the window-frame, she clasped her heaving side.

But the guest stood pale and quivered, where the red flames roofward rose, And he clenched the brimming goblet in his fingers, fierce and close, Then he spake: "All hail, Earl Sigurd, mightiest of the Norsemen, hail!

But when I grew to be a man "he clenched his teeth"by God!

With lips compressed, firmly clenching their sword-hilts, with quick tramp of hoofs and clang of steel, honor leading and glory awaiting them, the young soldiers flew forward, each brave rider and each straining steed members of one huge creature, enormous, terrible, irresistible.

and she clenched her little fist as the provoking "Ho! ho! ho!"

For the next world as for this; will clear your name From calumnies which argue worldliness; Buy of itself the joys of paradise; And clench your lordship's interest with the pontiff.

Peter clenched his jaws, his nostrils spread in his effort stoically to bottle up his grief and remorse, like a white man; in an effort to keep from howling his agony aloud, like a negro.

44 collocations for  clenching