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  • Well, I let myself over the edge till I jest hung by the fingers, an 'then dropped, smooth as I could, down the rock face, kind of clutchin' at every leetle knob as I went to check the fall.

    Kings in Exile Charles George Douglas Roberts 1901

  • No cry, no sound, just the two thumps from the pistol and then a body standing for a second with no face before it curved backwards, hands clutchin i reflex.

    Final Resting Place of The Pen 2010

  • O hao byootimus tehy are in thyre bridel reegailya awwwwwww- luk at dose delikat vails, adn teh teenytiny bookays dey are clutchin….

    We wuz jus makin shur - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • I allus war afraid I would somehow, an 'that's what's clutchin' me now.

    Janet of the Dunes

  • "It's a man!" gasps Vee, clutchin 'me by the sleeve.

    The House of Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • Delicatessen Sangerbund holdin 'us while they sung th' Watch on th 'Rhine, we stepped ashore on a gangplank neatly formed be th' guv'nor iv th 'state holdin' onto th 'feet iv th' mayor, him clutchin 'th' iditor iv th 'Staats Zeitung an' so on, th 'gangplank singin' th 'Watch on th' Rhine as we walked to th 'dock.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • "Ah ain't clutchin 'nothin', Sary!" was Jeb's defense of his manhood.

    Polly and Eleanor Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

  • "Jeb, what you-all clutchin 'at my arm like-as-how you are?" now asked

    Polly and Eleanor Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

  • Reinhard's continual clutchin of his pendant gets Heinrich's attention, and he asks to look at it.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Reinhard's continual clutchin of his pendant gets Heinrich's attention, and he asks to look at it.

    Anime Nano! 2010

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