Neil Warnock

I love the way the Cardiff fans get behind their team, which is why I do that clenched fist action at the end of games. They get really up for the match, I can hear them and I just help offer my own support in return.

English Businessman

Joan Lunden

Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.

American Celebrity

Peter Norman

The raised arm and the clenched hand was a symbol of unity with the fingers coming together and a symbol of strength. It was never - I don't believe it was ever meant as a threatening gesture.

Australian Athlete

Henri Nouwen

The resistance to praying is like the resistance of tightly clenched fists. This image shows a tension, a desire to cling tightly to yourself, a greediness which betrays fear.

Dutch Clergyman

Tara Stiles

What fun is life if it's taken so seriously, and what fun is yoga and the search for enlightenment if we are tight, tense, and clenched up from the inside out?

American Model

Ali Wong

Breast-feeding was so stressful for me. I kept on clenching and pushing my tongue against the bottom teeth, so they started to move toward an underbite.

American Actress

Sixto Rodriguez

Many of us come into the world with a clenched fist, but we all leave with an open hand.

American Musician

Ann Voskamp

I came into this world the way every person on the planet does - with clenched fists.

Canadian Author

James Ellroy

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

American Writer

George Jean Nathan

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

American Editor

Use 'clench' to describe a physical response to intense feelings like anger or determination.

Strong Emotion

'Clench' often implies a body part is tense and tight, not relaxed.

Physical Tension

Clenching is usually a deliberate action, not something done by accident.

Controlled Action

People clench their teeth when experiencing pain or trying not to show their frustration.

Pain or Frustration

Clenching teeth can suggest an effort to remain quiet or not speak.

Suppressing Sound

Clenching one's jaw or teeth can send a non-verbal message of hostility or disapproval.

Body Language

'Clench' as a noun refers to a firm, tight hold or grip on something.

Physical Grip

The release from a clench can symbolize relaxation or a return to calm.

Tension Release

A clench can be metaphorical, representing emotional or mental grasp.

Metaphorical Use

 Did you teach with an open heart or a clenched fist? Where were you? Tell her the truth. Make it your life. Confirm it. Say, "Daughter, I stood there with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger, and flung it back at itself, slicing space for you." Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds. Tell her you were brave,

Chinaka Hodge: What will...

 but occasionally, the pressures of modern life forces us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? The answers lie in the workings of the bladder, an oval pouch that sits inside the pelvis. Surrounding this structure are several other organs

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 How do you unlearn the learned paralysis, so you can relieve him of this excruciating, clenching spasm of the phantom arm? Well, we said, what if you now send the command to the phantom, but give him visual feedback that it's obeying his command, right?

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 When they lay together in bed it was, as it had to be, as the nature of the act demanded, an act of violence. It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred. It was the unendurable. Not a caress, but a wave of pain. The agony as an act of passion."

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 There were so many ideas, so much enthusiasm. At the end of the meeting, the chairman of the department, he stood up. He looked over the group and he said -- first he raised his hand, I forgot that -- he raised his hand, clenched his fist,

Stefan Larsson: What...

 as Nefertiti has been a source of controversy in recent years some scholars make the claim based on several clues the most important a broken arm found in nearby wrappings the hand once clenched a scepter the symbol of

Examining A Lost Queen PIPE...

 see that huge cavernous more of its mouth clenching onto the sausage like it's definitely not gonna let go these amphibians have been around since before the dinosaurs but I've obviously developed a taste for fast food

The Sausage & the...

 clenching her in their suffocating grip. Once she asphyxiates, which can happen in under an hour, the tentacles unfurl again to snare their next victim. Two down, four to go. The next target meets his end underground,

The wild world of...

 I swallowed every sharp word in my throat, clenched my jaw, and instead answered each one of their condescending questions and statements. I had come here looking for objectivity and support

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 and it's one of the most basic ways, as humans, we learn. Now, habituation isn't always bad. Remember learning to drive? I sure do. Your hands clenched at 10 and 2 on the wheel,

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