How do you use Clench in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like clinch or clutch, plus the exact meaning.
Clench meaning
- To grip or hold fast.
- To close tightly.
- Alternative form of clinch (“bend and hammer a nail”).
Synonyms of Clench
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Using Clench
- The main meaning on this page is: To grip or hold fast. | To close tightly. | Alternative form of clinch (“bend and hammer a nail”).
- Useful related words include: clinch, clutch, prehension, seizing.
- Possible Dutch translations are: vastknijpen, ballen (vuist), samenballen.
- In the example corpus, clench often appears in combinations such as: clench their, to clench.
Context around Clench
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Clench
- In this selection, "clench" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, jim, barely, night, grendel, planking and onto stand out and add context to how "clench" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at night clench their jaw and built or clench built ships. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "clench" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with clench
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I can barely clench it into a fist. (8 words)
Bachman–Turner Overdrive continued without their original vocalist, recruiting Jim Clench to fill Randy’s shoes. (16 words)
If it does survive, however, Ms Clench said it "will be in need of a revamp". (16 words)
During the early stages of excavation of the wreck, it was believed that the ship had originally been built with clinker (or clench) planking, a technique where the hull consisted of overlapping planks that bore the structural strength of the ship. (41 words)
For example, the 30% reduction in size of the vagina could help clench onto the penis (much like, or perhaps caused by, the pubococcygeus muscles ), which would make it more stimulating for the male (thus ensuring faster or more voluminous ejaculation). (41 words)
In Northern Europe the technique of building ships with clinker planking made it difficult to cut ports in the hull; clinker-built (or clench-built) ships had much of their structural strength in the outer hull. (36 words)
Example sentences (13)
Bachman–Turner Overdrive continued without their original vocalist, recruiting Jim Clench to fill Randy’s shoes.
If it does survive, however, Ms Clench said it "will be in need of a revamp".
I rely on regular shots of toxin to soften the muscles that clench my jaw while I'm asleep and make my neck stringy, and to smooth frown lines.
I can barely clench it into a fist.
It's particularly beneficial for those who grind their teeth at night, clench their jaw, or have built up tension over the years causing muscle inflammation.
Meanwhile, one of the centre’s startups, BioLiberty, is creating a soft-robotics glove that helps stroke victims clench their fists and is linked up to a machine that tracks progress.
Measuring at 19.5 inches, the impressively sized gauntlet has fully articulated fingers, allowing the wearer to easily clench the fingers into a fist.
A technique used in the field is to clench one's right fist and to view the cross, aligning the first knuckle with the axis of the cross.
Beowulf, 675-687 When Grendel enters the hall, Beowulf, who has been feigning sleep, leaps up to clench Grendel's hand.
During the early stages of excavation of the wreck, it was believed that the ship had originally been built with clinker (or clench) planking, a technique where the hull consisted of overlapping planks that bore the structural strength of the ship.
For example, the 30% reduction in size of the vagina could help clench onto the penis (much like, or perhaps caused by, the pubococcygeus muscles ), which would make it more stimulating for the male (thus ensuring faster or more voluminous ejaculation).
In Northern Europe the technique of building ships with clinker planking made it difficult to cut ports in the hull; clinker-built (or clench-built) ships had much of their structural strength in the outer hull.
Perhaps the greatest in effect was a long set of serial storylines, which started with Ra's al Ghul releasing a debilitating virus called the "Clench" during the Contagion storyline.
Common combinations with clench
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- clench their 2×
- to clench 2×