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CLENCH

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clench I. verb tranzitiv

1. a strânge, a încleşta;

to clench one’s teeth a-şi încleşta dinţii;

to clench one’s fist a-şi strânge, încleşta pumnul.

2. vezi clinch (I, 2).

clench II. substantiv

1. strângere, încleştare.

2. nituire.

3. scoabă, clemă; nit.

4. (fig.) argument convingător.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

He noted her pale face, her eyes wide and tense, and her clenched hands, with secret satisfaction.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

“God! God!” he groaned, and the clenched fists were raised again to the infinite despair with which his throat vibrated.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

She clenched both her hands, said Traddles, looking at me in dismay; shut her eyes; turned lead-colour; became perfectly stiff; and took nothing for two days but toast-and-water, administered with a tea-spoon.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

As he sat afore me, he said, wildly, holding out his clenched right hand, as he sat afore me, face to face, strike me down dead, but I'd have drownded him, and thought it right!

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

She looked neither at him nor at me, but stood in a humble attitude, holding her bonnet and shawl in one hand, without appearing conscious of them, and pressing the other, clenched, against her forehead.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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