clench *

He looked down at the book, clenched his hands and held.

Then he clenched his hands and took a step toward her.

She clenched her hands together and looked at the list once more.

He did look up this time, with his face hard and clenched.

A color image came up, and something inside me clenched.

Her father stood with the morning paper clenched in his hands.

She clenched her hands around the top of a chair.

She spoke in a low voice, her hands clenched on the table.

Clenched both hands and looked up at the black sky.

It was as if a cold hand clenched itself around my heart.

Then I clenched my nose and went into the living room.

In his right hand, he clenched a hot green stone.

And after a time she clenched her hands in anger.

He sat in the same attitude, but now his hands clenched.

She looked down at that, her hands clenched beneath the table.

He had his teeth clenched too hard to say anything.

Then he turned toward the wall again, his eyes still clenched tight.

He stopped short, and his hands clenched, then opened again.

He clenched his teeth at the thought of the man.

She looked down at the left hand clenched over her cards.

She clenched one hand and held it before his nose.

He clenched his hands to keep from reaching for her.

Then his eye is caught by the man's right hand, clenched.

My hands were clenched and I could see them shake.

For a long moment he sat with his teeth clenched.