0 present participle of clutch --
1 to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain: --
It is not the closed fist and the clutching hand that will change these conditions.
My constituents go away clutching a piece of paper with my telephone number on it.
The woman, clutching her children, arrives at the police station and is given solace by a policewoman or social worker, but what happens then?
He was precipitated down the chute clutching a doll to his bosom.
Indeed, we all seem to be clutching a copy.
It is like clutching a straw to justify one's conclusions.
But there is still too much clutching at straws.
There are many selective statistics, lots of clutching at straws and lots of hopes for recovery.
