clutches in English

noun
1
a tight grasp or an act of grasping something.
she made a clutch at his body
2
a slim, flat handbag without handles or a strap.
Put the accent on femininity with this classy suede-and-lace clutch .
verb
1
grasp or seize (something) tightly or eagerly.
he stood clutching a microphone
synonyms:gripgraspclaspcling tohang on toclenchhold

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1. Thank heavens she'd escaped his clutches in time.

2. Can he ever escape her clutches?

3. They had him in their clutches.

4. Fortunately, she had never fallen into our clutches.

5. Clutching (plural Clutchings) The act of one who clutches

6. 4 All transmission clutches are of involute spline type.

7. Larger species usually lay clutches of one to two eggs, where as smaller Accipiters and harriers normally lay clutches of five to six eggs

8. He's made the skies dark we're in his clutches

9. She fell into the clutches of the rebel forces.

10. Canvasback clutches range in size from five to 11 eggs

11. Stojanovic escaped their clutches by jumping from a moving vehicle.

12. 33/ 00 Drivers; Driving centres; Nose clutches, e.g. lathe dogs

13. Sam joined the Navy to escape from his mother's clutches.

14. She clutches her pocketbook nervously and squints into the shadows.

15. 5 She fell into the clutches of the rebel forces.

16. Mechanical control apparatus for engines, brakes, clutches, accelerators and transmission apparatus

17. He is in/has fallen into the clutches of that woman.

18. Mechanical control apparatus for engines, brakes, clutches, accelerators for transmission apparatus

19. Archer's powerplant continued to give trouble, particularly the electro-magnetic clutches.

20. Ducati has converted to wet clutches across their current product lines.

21. It was soon caught in the firm clutches of the landlord and the moneylender .

22. Racks, chains, chain slide rails, chain clutches and chain tension adjusters

23. It must never fall into the clutches of a political party again.

24. Mechanical control apparatus for engines, brakes, clutches, accelerators or for transmission apparatus

25. At LiBasified we are making quality, quilted,fabric handbags, wallets and clutches

26. That decision led her to fall straight into the clutches of a gang of teenagers.

27. He clutches his chest, staggers to the nearest building and slumps sitting to the sidewalk.

28. Once she was out of their clutches, she fled across the border.

29. He had managed to escape the clutches of the police yet again.

30. She clutches the sides of her skirt until it bunches around her waist.

31. They were glad to have escaped the clutches of winter for another year.

32. 19 He had managed to escape the clutches of the police yet again.

33. Some have more efficient clutches, some have better bale-arm mechanisms; better finishes or smoother gears.

34. The youth was trying to escape the clutches of two drunken female companions.

35. Now that she had him in her clutches, she wasn't going to let go.

36. Push the handle gently until the concavo convex parts of both clutches occlude automatically.

37. A female caged with an impotent male produced clutches at roughly one month intervals.

38. Amphisbaenas reproduce infrequently, laying small clutches of up to a dozen dark onyx eggs at a time

39. Bellevilles are widely used in hydraulics, brake assemblies, train trucks, clutches, and transmissions, among …

40. Our universities must be freed from the clutches of excessive regulation and cumbersome procedures.

41. In the new world, they will be rescued from the clutches of the grave.

42. The two finally meet, and Kenshin collapses into her arms as he clutches her.

43. That was how she says she escaped the clutches of Massu, Bigeard and Graziani.

44. Parts and fittings for brake linings, shoes, rotors, calipers and blocks, actuators, clutches, and valves

45. In some cases, more than 90 percent of the eggs hatching from clutches were females.

46. Synonyms for Conjunctures include crises, emergencies, crossroads, exigencies, junctures, passes, stages, clutches, combinations and connection

47. Control systems are required to selectively control fluid actuated devices, such as clutches, in a transmission.

48. Discover Japanese designed, Italian made natural leather bags, clutches, and wallets on Acate's Official Online Shop.

49. Screw spindle apparatus, Clutches, parts for gears, In particular toothed wheels and toothed parts, and agitators

50. Device for automatically regulating abrasion of clutch facing in mechanism for operating friction disc type clutches