Crossword-Solution: CLENCH
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Clench | n. & v. t. | See Clinch. |
We have 39 clues for the answer “CLENCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Tighten, as a fist | 1 answer |
| Squeeze together tightly | 1 answer |
| Something to do with your teeth | 1 answer |
| MAKE fast as with nails | 1 answer |
| Hold tight, as a fist | 1 answer |
| Hands and teeth do it | 1 answer |
| Form a fist | 1 answer |
| Close tightly, as one's hand | 1 answer |
| Grip firmly | 2 answers |
| Squeeze tight | 2 answers |
| Make a fist | 2 answers |
| Grit your teeth | 2 answers |
| Bear hug | 2 answers |
| CLOSE teeth tightly | 2 answers |
| Make into a ball | 4 answers |
| Grasp firmly | 4 answers |
| Close tightly | 4 answers |
| Grip tightly | 4 answers |
| Squeeze together | 5 answers |
| Get a grip on | 5 answers |
| Hold tightly | 8 answers |
| Fist ___ | 12 answers |
| HOLD tight | 13 answers |
| Hold fast | 18 answers |
| Clutch | 26 answers |
| Clinch | 30 answers |
| CLAMP ___ | 30 answers |
| clasp | 33 answers |
| Retain | 34 answers |
| Grapple | 34 answers |
| Gripe | 35 answers |
| Grab | 44 answers |
| usurp | 45 answers |
| Grip | 50 answers |
| MAKE less flexible | 53 answers |
| MAKE firm | 54 answers |
| BRACE ___ | 59 answers |
| make fast | 65 answers |
| Grasp | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CLENCH (5)
Then, perhaps—for there was no foreseeing how it might affect her—Pearl would frown, and clench her little fist, and harden her small features into a stern, unsympathising look of discontent.
May it make us better acquainted.” “We will pray your Majesty for an early opportunity,” quoth Rupert airily; and he strode past Sapt with such jeering scorn on his face that I saw the old fellow clench his fist and scowl black as night.
But the more he shifts His endless transformations, thou, my son, More straitlier clench the clinging bands, until His body's shape return to that thou sawest, When with closed eyelids first he sank to sleep." So saying, an odour of ambrosial dew She sheds around, and all his frame therewith Steeps throughly; forth from his trim-combed locks Breathed effluence sweet, and a lithe vigour leapt Into his limbs.
How the spirit had pass'd in the moments last There was little trace to reveal: On the still calm face lay no imprint ghast, Save the angel's solemn seal, Yet the hands were clench'd in a death-grip fast, And the sods stamp'd down by the heel.
These scenes of bliss across her memory fled, Like lights that haunt the chambers of the dead, She saw the bower, and read the image there Of joys that had been, and of woes that were; She clench'd her hand in agony, and cast A glance of tears upon it as she past, A look of weeping sorrow--'twas the last! She check'd the gush of feeling, turned her face, And faster sped along her hurried pace.
Quotes with CLENCH (3)
I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.
And here, finally here in this place, in these circumstances, I will really have to kill him. And Snow will win. Hot, bitter hatred courses through me. Snow has won too much already today. It's a long shot, it's suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. I lean in and kiss Peeta full on the mouth. His whole body starts shuddering, but I keep my lips pressed to his until I have to come up for air. My hands slide up his wrists to clasp his. "Don't let him take you f…
He stalked up behind her to clench her hips, and she stilled. In a breathy voice, she asked, "You're going to make love to me again, aren't you?" In answer, he lifted her onto the counter, tore off her shift, then pressed her naked body back into the blooms.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 36 times in crossword archives (1990–2025).