Definition of "clutched" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of clutch. (verb)

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• "Even in those cases where the eagle does have something in its talons, the object being clutched is usually either a bird or a tuna (the fruit of the nopal)."
• "Jack had once again clutched his sturdy legs about the man's knees, twisting him so that the iron fingers relaxed from their grip at the boy's throat."
• "Barnabas still seated in the ditch and the man standing before him, with the coins clutched in his hand."