Does this international unclenching of fists mean that all our strategic worrywarts have relaxed?

Only the slight clenching and unclenching of his jaw muscles betrayed the fact that he was having a covert conversation.

Only the tense clenching and unclenching of his fingers in their protective gloves betrayed his inner turmoil.

A muscle shifted in his cheek with the clenching and unclenching of his jaw as he stared out through the rain-swept windows.

Vanyel asked, unclenching his fists and twisting his head to loosen his tensed shoulder muscles.

Sometimes it is an illness of the doctor's own that does it or illness in the family or just a slow unclenching of the mind.

Some of the talk is also obscured by Mr. Hill's way of encouraging the cast to speak without any unclenching of teeth.

Before him, perched in a semicircle of badly listing dinghies, waited 60 teen-age boys, legs flexed, fingers clenching and unclenching.

"You'd better go now," Miss Pruett said to my mother, as she succeeded in unclenching my fist and releasing my grip on my mother's skirt.

Tunney would indicate a successful field goal or PAT by raising both arms with fists clenched, followed by unclenching his fists and extending all ten fingers upward.

Miss Marple thought, of Crump that Mrs. Percival Fortescue was thinking--watching the clenching and unclenching of Jennifer's hands.

Inside the store at Herald Square, with the hood of her pink coat still pulled over her head and her hands clenching and unclenching to regain feeling, Ms. Murphy patiently tried yesterday to explain why she had risked frostbite to shop.

When the door was shut and we stood there facing them-myself nervous and fidgety, Urgulanilla massive and expressionless and clenching and unclenching her great fists-the solemnity of these two evil old grand- mothers gave way, and they burst into uncontrolled laugh- ter.

But then he seems to think better of it and his hands unclench.

It was an effort to lower and unclench his hand.

I unclenched my teeth enough to get a few words out.

He unclenched his hand and sat back in the chair.

She looked down at her hands, clenched and unclenched them.

He made a visible effort to unclench himself a bit.

He forced himself to unclench his fists, then turned away.

The whiskey had unclenched my brain enough to know that nothing made sense.

With an effort he unclenched his fingers and advanced to the bed.

I unclenched my good hand, laid it flat on the table.

He took a deep breath and leaned back, unclenching his hands.

Rose's hands unclenched; they made her think of flowers opening.

She felt her hands cramping and tried to unclench them.

The Woman unclenched her fists, gave a short laugh and sat down again.

I unclenched my hands and moved back softly, half a pace; another.

His hands clenched and unclenched as he struggled to bring himself under control.

They clenched and unclenched slowly, as though he were working out a pain.

After a moment he unclenched it slowly and poured his glass half full.

She jerked at the touch, then made her fingers unclench.

She could see the way he was clenching and unclenching his hands.

The officers told him to unclench his fist, but he refused.

I unclenched my fingers, pulling them out of the holes they?

He unclenched his hand and took hers in it, holding more carefully.

She managed to unclench her hand sufficiently to pick up the phone.

It took several minutes before she could unclench them.