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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
clench .
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Examples
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Nay, he was not free from the lowest and most groveling kind of wit, which we call clenches, of which "Every Man in his
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
Why do the "left" like taxing the rich? Not a sheep 2009
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
Hamas reasserting their control over Gaza using violence of course Not a sheep 2009
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
The Balen Report Not a sheep 2009
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
Is the Prime Minister losing what remains of his marbles? Not a sheep 2009
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One wrong wisp of wind and you're butt clenches tighter than you thought it could.
The Riddle of Steel Jason W. Stuart 2011
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When I couldn't see, or feel, an 'when my knees was shakin an my head goin' like a merry-go-round, I'd fall safe into clenches just the same.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
Media lies Not a sheep 2009
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Who knew that volleyball in the pool could be such an amazingly transfixing spectator sport, the strategies, the drama, the ointrigue, the bikini clenches.
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A Radio 4 audience audibly clenches its collective sphincters
Gordon Brown breaks a promise Not a sheep 2009
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Dryden, for example, called puns, or “clenches”, the “lowest and most groveling kind of wit”.
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