Word: clench
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...line up to make all sorts of exchanges nowadays--financial, even personal. At the ATM. At the drive-through. We line up in voice-mail and e-mail inboxes, waiting for our turn to be answered. And our frustration with this must be unhealthy, as we clench our fists when the driver in front of us waits five seconds before moving at a newly green traffic light, or as we wring our hands when someone (heaven forbid) has checked their inbox but has not responded to our messages. We have become so paranoid about physical space that we screen calls...
After Johnson left the scene, his "throat was really starting to clench, my eyes were starting to burn, and my skin was really starting to itch." Johnson later learned that the cloud was a witches' brew of toxic chemicals: ethylene dichloride, vinyl-chloride monomer and hydrogen chloride...
...drawn and clench-jawed President appeared on the CNN monitor. "Good evening," he said. And it was mostly downhill from there...
...Scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT? Well, I guess that's pretty meritorious, I have to admit it. But, no, wait a minute. What is "merit" really? Could "merit" possibly be one of those terms your TF would applaud you for labeling--yikes, I shudder and clench my teeth to use the faddish descriptor--"socially-constructed...
What Clinton is proposing is a cold war-style containment of Iraq, a long-range and unpalatable option. In a televised speech at the Pentagon last Tuesday, the President wore a properly dark suit and a somber, clench-jawed expression. He seemed uncomfortable and spoke in a monotone that some of the senior officers listening found "flat" and "uninspiring." Force, Clinton said, was sometimes the only answer...