Crossword-Solution: UNCLENCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Unclench | v. t. | Same as Unclinch. |
We have 13 clues for the answer “UNCLENCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Loosen one's grasp | 1 answer |
| Loosen, as one's butt | 1 answer |
| Open, as a fist | 1 answer |
| Relax, as one's fist | 1 answer |
| relax from a clenched position | 1 answer |
| Unhand | 4 answers |
| Cease being tense | 4 answers |
| uncage | 17 answers |
| unlatch | 30 answers |
| Uncouple | 30 answers |
| Detach | 80 answers |
| Relax | 90 answers |
| Open | 131 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RAETE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with UNCLENCH (5)
Nay, never pause Idly to feel a pulseless wrist; Brace up the massive, square-shaped jaws, Unclench the stubborn, stiff'ning fist, And close those eyes through film and mist That kept the old defiant glare; And answer, wise Psychologist, Whose science claims some little share Of truth, what better things lay there? Aye! thought and mind were there,--some kind Of faculty that men mistake For talent when their wits are blind,-- An aptitude to mar and break What others diligently make.
Give her up to me!’ Jonas was so dismayed and conscience-stricken, that he had not even hardihood enough to unclench the old man’s hands with his own; but stood looking at him as well as he could in the darkness, without moving a finger.
But who are you to treat me to your raps? You're just as bad as I, nay worse perhaps, Though you've a cloak of decent words, forsooth, To throw at pleasure o'er the ugly truth." What if at last a greater fool you're found Than I, the slave you bought for twenty pound? Nay, nay, don't scare me with that threatening eye: Unclench your fist and lay your anger by, While I retail the lessons which of late The porter taught me at Crispinus' gate.
The Little Lady was mad, she must be mad; on no other ground could he understand such arrant cruelty, listening to her voice and Graham's from the open windows of the music room as they sang together the "Gypsy Trail." Nor did he unclench his hands during all the time they sang.
But Death, obedient to Heav'n's high command, Withdrew his jav'lin, and unclench'd his hand; The little sufferers triumph'd over pain, Their mother smil'd, and bade me hope again.
Quotes with UNCLENCH (3)
We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
Forgot to live-tweet the election last night, so I'm post-tweeting today. I'll start as soon as my fingers unclench from their rage fists.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, The Atlantic, USA TODAY.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (2003–2022).