CLINCH in a Sentence

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25 example sentences for CLINCH, such as:

1. Carlini's teeth clinched convulsively.
2. The two companies clinched the deal quickly.
3. A deposit of eight pounds clinched the bargain.
4. When the police came the fighters were in a clinch.
5. Caderousse raised his clinched hands towards heaven.

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 Meanings and Examples of CLINCH
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clinch
 v.  hold firmly; hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly; set closely together; close tightly
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  But afterwards, when the old stalwarts were pumphandling everybody at the door and calling 'em 'Brother' and 'Sister,' they let me sail right by with nary a clinch.'
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  Little Flask was one of the wrought ones; made to clinch tight and last long.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
3  He could see the day when it would clinch up and they would have to make a life together.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
4  Villefort's brow darkened more and more, his white lips and clinched teeth filled Dantes with apprehension.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
5  Dantes hastened to his dungeon, where he found him standing in the middle of the room, pale as death, his forehead streaming with perspiration, and his hands clinched tightly together.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17. The Abbe's Chamber.
6  Carlini's teeth clinched convulsively.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
7  He had just expired, with clinched hands, his mouth in a spasm of agony, and his hair on end in the sweat of death.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
8  "Do not appeal to me, mademoiselle; I shall be a bad judge in such a case; my selfishness will blind me," replied Morrel, whose low voice and clinched hands announced his growing desperation.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 73. The Promise.
9  Caderousse raised his clinched hands towards heaven.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 83. The Hand of God.
10  de Morcerf turned pale, and clinched his hands on the papers he held.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 86. The Trial.
11  "You know that we shall fight till one of us is dead," said the general, whose teeth were clinched with rage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 92. The Suicide.
12  A few keen pulls, and his boat-hook soon clinched the Pequod's main-chains, and he sprang to the deck.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
13  His lips were curled in hard lines and his teeth were clinched.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
14  The scratching pain of the contact made him draw a long breath through his clinched teeth.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
15  Often, white clinched teeth shone from the dusky faces.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
Example Sentence:
1  They are hoping to clinch a major deal to supply computers to the army.
2  When the police came the fighters were in a clinch.
3  The boxers clinch and the referee have to separate them.
4  A deposit of eight pounds clinched the bargain.
5  The two companies clinched the deal quickly.
6  In his hideout. he is close to clinching a deal on devolution that would let Renamo share or win power in some provinces.