clenching

Speech parts

1. clenching - Noun

2. clenching - Verb

Meaning

clenching

present participle of clench

clenching (plural clenchings)

The act by which something (a fist, a jaw, etc.) is clenched.

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Examples

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life. Joan Lunden

And clenching your fist for the ones like us who are oppressed by the figures of beauty, you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind, we are ugly but we have the music." Leonard Cohen

Tiny," Sanya rumbled to Michael, clenching a demonstrative fist. "But. Jim Butcher

An example for an isometric exercise of the wrist is done by clenching the fist tightly, releasing and fanning out fingers. Source: Internet

Dropping the salute typically entails snapping the saluting hand to the side and clenching the fist, then dropping both arms to the sides. Source: Internet

I had to put a stop to it completely the day my son grabbed on and, in time with the clenching of his hand around my breast, let out a "honk honk." Source: Internet

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