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unclench

Unclinch \Un*clinch"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + clinch.] To cause to be no longer clinched; to open; as, to unclinch the fist. [Written also unclench.]

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unclench

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to open (something that was clenched) 2 (context intransitive English) to relax, especially one's muscles

Usage examples of "unclench".

His saturnine countenance bespoke ill-concealed rage, his dark eyes smoldered, his right hand continually clenched and unclenched and the knuckles of his left hand gleamed white on his swordhilt.

So Quintus Cicero clenched his teeth and limped onward, finding from somewhere the resolution to unclench his teeth, smile, joke, tell the men how terrific they were, how nice it was of the Nervii to light up the sky .

When the door was shut and we stood there facing them-myself nervous and fidgety, Urgulanilla massive and expressionless and clenching and unclenching her great fists-the solemnity of these two evil old grandmothers gave way, and they burst into uncontrolled laughter.

His words were harsh, his great fists clenched on his lap, till he noticed and deliberately unclenched them.

She took a deep breath, and her hand clenched and unclenched as she began.

His hands clenched and unclenched as if they were longing for a gun to hold in them.

Without asking himself why or to what end, he slowly and carefully unclenched her finger, then stared at the purple crescents her short nails had left on her palm.

He looked out the window, his hands clenching and unclenching at his sides.

He glanced out the window, his fists clenching and unclenching at his sides.

She saw his large fists clenching and unclenching and feared he might attack her.

Her breath was coming in jagged little pants as she writhed and twisted on the tangled bedclothes, her hands clenching and unclenching.

Lance asked Johnny, who was clenching and unclenching his hands on the oh-my-god bar in the bus.

From where he lay on the bow, clenching and unclenching his hands around the ax handle, Pitt could hear the hull splash into the waves as the diminishing speed pushed the hydrofoil deeper in the water.

A huge man who looked like a sumo wrestler and wore a Man Mountain Gentian T-shirt stood silently in the corner, but even through the rat's dim vision Bagabond could see the bloodlust in the way he moved constantly, clenching and unclenching his fists as he looked at Cordelia.

He clenched and unclenched his fists, angry, burning to stamp out this spreading sickness and knowing hopelessly that it could not be done.