Sentence examples for clinching from inspiring English sources
'clinching' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it when describing the act of securing something or bringing something to a satisfactory conclusion, for example: "The clinching of the deal was a huge success."
verb
Present participle of clinch
A masterful second-half display from England saw them seal a 69-36 win over Trinidad & Tobago in Liverpoolon Monday, clinching a 3-0 series victory in Tracey Neville's first international commitment as head coach.
With a win and some help over the weekend, Sporting KC can be within a point of clinching a playoff spot.
Paris Saint-Germain made up for another European failure by clinching their third Ligue 1 title in a row on Saturday after a tense season as they took the second step towards what would be an unprecedented domestic treble.
With a series win already confirmed, a couple of changes were made to the starting line-up with Stacey Francis making her comeback from injury at GD and Pamela Cookey being utilised in a rare WA appearance.England raced out of the blocks and were quick to assert themselves on the game, Sonia Mkoloma clinching a smart early intercept and Helen Housby looking composed in the shooting circle.
Now his government seems close to clinching a deal that would allow Australia to transfer its "boat people" from one of its offshore detention centres to Cambodia.Human-rights advocates, together with opposition politicians in both Australia and Cambodia, have slammed this plan.
The technicalities prevent presidents and prime ministers from clinching a Doha deal at a single sitting, but the technocrats in Geneva cannot get much further without a big political push.
It is odd that this was regarded as a clinching argument, as there are more than enough jets in Afghanistan.
(Insiders say his surprising openness to the Tories after the general election threw up a hung parliament was crucial to clinching the deal).
Less than 24 hours after Root had hit a century to set up the series-clinching victory over West Indies in Antigua, England confirmed that the Yorkshireman had fractured a thumb early in his innings, and would be heading home for treatment.
He went on to make 55 appearances as Liverpool won the double, laying on the league-clinching goal with a dextrous and clever flick-volley pass.
The pope had asked for clemency for his attacker, who was extradited to Turkey to serve a sentence for another crime.Germany's trade-union leaders, representing 3.1m public-sector workers, agreed on a wage deal, avoiding a planned strike.See article: Deal-clinching GermanySyria's successionHafez Assad, Syria's ruler for three decades, died.
