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clutching

/ˈklʌ.t͡ʃɪŋ/ nom C1
  1. The act of one who clutches.

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Be that as it might, I seemed to see that woman’s figure still clutching at her treasure trove and flying wildly up the winding stair, with her ears ringing perhaps with the muffled screams from behind her and with the drumming of frenzied hands against the slab of stone which was choking her faithless lover’s life out.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 25 · B2
The two Cunninghams were bending over the prostrate figure of Sherlock Holmes, the younger clutching his throat with both hands, while the elder seemed to be twisting one of his wrists.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 45 · B2
He fled when he knew the game was up, still clutching it.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 200 · C1
“Ah, very well, very well,” said the major, clutching the buttons of his coat at each exclamation.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 587 · C1

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