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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of unclench.

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Examples

  • Boland plunges his fists in his pockets and unclenches his fingers to spread flat the bunched linings.

    The Last of Boland Kilean Kennedy 2011

  • The vein on the side of his neck relaxes and he unclenches his jaw.

    Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011

  • The vein on the side of his neck relaxes and he unclenches his jaw.

    Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011

  • He sits hard on the bed, springs up again, clenches his fists, unclenches them.

    The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011

  • The vein on the side of his neck relaxes and he unclenches his jaw.

    Deep Throat Diva Cairo 2011

  • He sits hard on the bed, springs up again, clenches his fists, unclenches them.

    The Kitchen Daughter Jael McHenry 2011

  • Your heart clenches and unclenches like a fist about 60 times a minute on average.

    T.S. Wiley: Can Staying Up Late Cause Heart Disease? 2010

  • Clenches and unclenches his hands, shakes his fingers.

    Mind Games 2010

  • She clenches and unclenches a fist over her breast.

    The Lady Matador’s Hotel Cristina García 2010

  • The wooden circles in his earlobes twitch as his jaw clenches, unclenches, clenches.

    The Man From the Circus 2010

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