vice-like grip
viselike grip

Kelso's vice-like grip made him aware just how painfully stiff his hands were.

She stepped up close to him, then grasped his chin in a vice-like grip.

The gun moved like a wild thing he held trapped in his vice-like grip.

He lurched forward, one great hand grasping her shoulder in a vice-like grip.

The pain was terrible as they bit into him, every inch of his body, it seemed, caught in vice-like grips.

The man took Eric's hand in a vice-like grip and hustled him into the hallway.

Bellos had his foot in a vice-like grip, and was dragging him away from the cables!

But the thong held his head in a vice-like grip.

Powerful hands had him in a vice-like grip.

When he shook my hand, his vice-like grip hurt my fingers.