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“In a flash, Bobby was on him, tiny, white-knuckled fists flying, words and gibberish streaming from his tight red mouth.”
“Thunder and lightning were crashing and flashing (respectively) and I was white-knuckled on the steering wheel while Josie was reading the directions and we were both trying to read the ridiculously small lettering on the street signs.”
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“His hands curled into white-knuckled fists on his knees.”
“Million-Dollar Baby Michael Lerner 's journey to entrepreneurial stardom began with a white-knuckled ride down Storrow Drive in Boston.”
“Then he became afraid to fly, but not because he was white-knuckled about air travel.”
“I sat in the back and literally white-knuckled on the seat because I was terrified that an earwig was going to get me.”
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“After a long winter hiatus, the CW's Thursday thrillers return, including The Vampire Diaries where everyone's in a state of turmoil and the underappreciated Nikita, which is turning out to be the most enjoyably white-knuckled spy ride since Alias.”
“The old man – white-knuckled to the steering wheel, his watery blues blurred by the scorching gusts that boiled through open windows – would retreat to an oasis in his mind where 99 icy bottles of beer stood, row upon row, ready for his inspection.”
“So I held out, white-knuckled, for a while until all my hair fell out, then I cashed out, expecting a price crash in town.”
“Cautiously, and with a white-knuckled grip on the antler, I walked down the hall.”
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
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white phrase/words
how white is used
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W is for Wellies
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