fisting

present participle of fist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisting
Verb
  • Flex your left knee at a 90-degree angle and place the rope around the mid-foot, clasping the rope with the right hand.
    Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Next page, clasping hands with Schweitzer in her satin, white wedding dress with a rose bouquet.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The extra innings were gripping – the Dodgers left the bases loaded in the top of the 10th, the Blue Jays left the tying run on third in the bottom of the 11th.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Thin, black bezels surround the edges, while the left bezel thickens to provide a space for gripping the tablet.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Friends and family will often counsel against making such a weighty decision in the midst of emotional turbulence, not grasping that a profound sense of misalignment is what is feeding the turbulence in the first place.
    James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Still, Valentini managed to rise as a fashion authority for her talent in grasping gaps in the market and putting new names on the radar of Italian customers.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The crowd of more than 100 people, many clutching drinks from the open bar, roared in approval.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Ditching the fake blood, the TV star wore a pretty pink prom dress and tiara while clutching a flower bouquet to recreate the chilling scene from the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name.
    Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Lawrence sought out Ramsay to adapt the book after securing the rights, with the hopes that her collaborator would both push her out of comfort zones and leave the story’s rough edges intact.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
  • No Man’s Land is Kuzmina’s second feature after Nika, which had a buzzy premiere at SXSW 2022 in the Narrative Feature Competition, securing Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Performance.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Jeff Bezos holding the device high.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2025
  • This loss had to be especially tough for the Jayhawks, considering a controversial holding call on KU changed the momentum of the game.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Fisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisting. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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