Roleset clench.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "hold together very tightly":

Roles:

Arg0:holder


Arg1:clenched thing

Examples:

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: passive form: full


usually adjectival (-)
It is always a temptation for a religious organization, especially a powerful or dominant one, to impose through the clenched fist of the law its creedal viewpoint upon others.
REL:	clenched
Arg1:	fist

person: ns tense: ns aspect: ns voice: active form: infinitive


or verbal (-)
He does not know whether [*] to look up or look aside, to put his hands in his pockets or to clench them at his side, to cross the street, or to continue on the same side.
Arg0:	[*] -> He
REL:	clench
Arg1:	them
Argm-LOC:	at his side