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"stomach clench" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a physical reaction to fear, anxiety, or strong emotion, when the muscles in the stomach tense or tighten. Example: As she watched the horror movie, her stomach clenched with each scene of suspense.
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Listening to him, I felt my stomach clench.
Weaving through the trees, Ghaith felt his stomach clench in fear of being caught.
Of course, the prospect makes my stomach clench with anxiety; the British fear of making a scene is embedded in my soul.
LONDON — Taking scissors to a van Gogh landscape, smearing paint over a Rembrandt, setting fire to a Leonardo drawing — even imagining such acts can make the stomach clench.
Ms. Nigrosh's father ran a cardboard recycling factory when she was growing up, so a trip to the closet made her stomach clench: Where did all this plastic go?
Just as it had when I watched my first Cup finals on television - West Bromwich Albion, in unfamiliar white, beating the favourites Everton in 1968, and then Manchester City, in unfamiliar red and black stripes, beating the underdogs Leicester a year later - the occasion was making my stomach clench.
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An email appeared from a friend: "Have you written a novel?" My stomach clenched.
The phone rang, and my stomach clenched when I heard her voice.
"His stomach clenched, his toes curled and I thought, 'Oh my god, this is beautiful.
My stomach clenches and I feel I will be thrown through the Perspex canopy.
I was glad I had been upwind all day, because the moment I smelled the cooking my stomach clenched with hunger and my mouth filled with saliva.
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