clamp around
Frequency: 6.25.1 per million words
to put one's arms or another object tightly around something
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Examples (10)
- She clamped her arms around him, holding on tight.
- The child immediately clamped his legs around his mother's waist.
- The mechanic used a special tool to clamp the new fixture around the pipe.
- An icy fear clamped around my heart as I heard the strange noise.
- Watch as the vine clamps itself around the tree branch for support.
- He quickly clamped his hand around the rope to stop from slipping.
- The robotic arm will extend and clamp around the asteroid sample.
- The baby monkey clamps its hands around its mother's fur when they travel.
- The officer clamped the handcuffs around the suspect's wrists.
- With a cry of joy, she clamped her arms around her long-lost brother.