fisting

present participle of fist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fisting
Verb
  • Bend your elbow and reach for your right hand, clasping hands together in Cow Face arms.
    Riya Davda, Outside, 5 Oct. 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
  • This particular aspect of the show frays the gripping tone that had been so masterfully crafted from its opening scene.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • It’s measured by gripping a handheld dynamometer.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Furthermore, these grasping abilities would have also helped climb.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The video ends with Beer, eyes still filled with tears, clutching a locket in bed.
    Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the photo, Manganiello is seen clutching a chihuahua as his fiancée shows off her engagement ring.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Newsweek’s latest tracking poll shows Mamdani widening his advantage in the New York mayoral race, securing 45 percent support.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Nvidia pioneered the transformation of GPUs, originally designed for gaming, into the workhorses of modern AI systems, securing a dominant position in the field.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But when Ronnie set the theater's copy of The Music Man in motion on the projector, Matty appeared on screen holding what looked like a baby swaddled in a blanket.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In photos obtained by the outlet, the pair could be seen walking out of the theater while holding hands and smiling.
    Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The state and federal governments argued that NEPA does not apply to the state, and the appellate court agreed with them, suspending the lower court’s decision pending arguments on the merits of the appeal and wresting the case from District Judge Kathleen Williams until the appeal is resolved.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lee assumed office in June as the head of the country’s liberal Democratic Party, wresting control from the conservative People Power Party.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Fisting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fisting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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