Definitions

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  • adjective Not clenched
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of unclench.

Etymologies

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From un- + clenched.

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Examples

  • Update: A number of BB readers who are non-LAT-subscribers have written in to say that the "unclenched" content is "re-clenched," and that they can't access without paid subscription.

    Boing Boing: July 25, 2004 - July 31, 2004 Archives 2004

  • What age was your toddler when you "unclenched" a little bit about baby-proofing?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • In an interview with Dubai-based Al-Arabiya satellite television network last January, Obama said Iran's leaders would find the extended hand of diplomacy if they "unclenched" their fists.

    FrontPage Magazine 2009

  • He then excused himself to go have his jaw and fists surgically unclenched.

    Lightning Fill In The Blank 2010

  • Of course, as I kindly shared with the TEA Party gathering on Tax Day, 2010 in Hackensack, NJ: What are you going to do once the fist is unclenched, the cameras go away and you have miles of The System staring you in the face?

    James Campion: #OWS James Campion 2011

  • There, my unclenched hand worked overtime, my eyes shut, the snowy image of Lieutenant Uhuru dancing naked in front of me bringing my jerking off to an end.

    four-leafed clover James Claffey 2012

  • When he died the first time, his fists were clenched tightly and it was only later at the hospital that they unclenched and inside of one they found his lucky Quarter.

    February 2012 Denver, COLORADO Michael K. White 2012

  • I clenched and unclenched my fists, ignoring the pain as my claws cut my palms.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • His face flushed, his jaw set, and unconsciously his hand clenched, unclenched, and clenched again as if he were taking fresh grips upon some hateful thing out of which he was squeezing the life.

    Chapter 37 2010

  • Matthew walked through the crowds of people, his hand clenched and unclenched around his Bible.

    Miss Georgia’s Drive « A Fly in Amber 2009

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