Definitions for clenched
clenched

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1. clenched, clinchedadjective

   closed or squeezed together tightly

   "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"

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1. clenchedadjective

   Closed tightly.

   a clenched fist

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1. clenched

   Clenched refers to closing or holding something tightly, often in a strong or forceful manner, typically to express strong emotion. It is mostly used in context of a person's hand, teeth or fist.

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How to pronounce clenched?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say clenched in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clenched in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clenched in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of clenched in a Sentence

1. Aisha Yesufu:

   I raised up my hand and clenched fist and started walking back slowly, they were shooting at me, i braced myself for the impact and they were throwing tear gas. I said to myself, 'no matter what I am going to go down standing'. I was bracing myself for the pain that would come from any impact.

2. Golda Meir:

   You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

3. George Jean Nathan:

   No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

4. Matthew Bryza:

   That was the signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that despite having invaded Georgia and occupied a large swath of its territory, everything was Okay. Russia responded to the outreached hand with a clenched fist and beefed up its attack.

5. George Steiner:

   The violent illiteracies of the graffiti, the clenched silence of the adolescent, the nonsense cries from the stage-happening, are resolutely strategic. The insurgent and the freak-out have broken off discourse with a cultural system which they despise as a cruel, antiquated fraud. They will not bandy words with it. Accept, even momentarily, the conventions of literate linguistic exchange, and you are caught in the net of the old values, of the grammars that can condescend or enslave.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=clenched
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Clenched
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=clenched