How to Use clamp on in a Sentence

clamp on

verb
  • The noise levels in the arena reached epic proportions as the Hawks put the clamps on the Knicks.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This group, though, has adjusted on the fly and put clamps on Houston and the Raiders without much issue.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Booker put the clamps on Richard and hit her first three shots of the night before cooling off and sinking just three of her next 18 attempts.
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The Tommies have had the most prolific offense in the conference this season, but the Vikings kept the clamps on them for most of the night.
    — Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Kohler's Dekoda is billed as a health-tracking device that features a downward-facing camera which clamps on to the toilet bowl in your bathroom.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Just as the Spurs appeared to show some life, New York just responded right back to steal the momentum away from the Spurs and put the clamps on in crunch time.
    — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • That November 2022 clash ended in a loss, and so will this as the Dolphins defense puts the clamps on the Jets offense.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The Chiefs’ defense is rounding into form and will mostly put clamps on Vegas RB Ashton Jeanty.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Despite some of the early turnovers and choppy play, the Avs outshot the Sabres 15-4 in the third period and put the clamps on a team trying to win its first game of the season.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The improving Magic defense held the Wolves to 20 points in the second quarter and 14 in the fourth, putting the clamps on one of the highest scoring teams in the league.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Talanoa Hufanga only had one tackle Monday night, but his impact in the secondary has been felt throughout the early part of the season and was again as the Broncos put the clamps on Cincy’s terrific receivers.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Defensively, the Celtics put the clamps on Tyrese Maxey, holding the NBA’s fifth-leading scorer to 21 points on 8-of-20 shooting.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Cleveland trailed 9-7, having lived up to its reputation as one of the NFL’s most ferocious defenses by putting the clamps on a leading MVP candidate.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The civil complaint accuses hospital staff of failing to put a safety clamp on the peripheral IV tubing to prevent uncontrolled flow of D10 into Zendaya and failing to disconnect the IV tubing from Zendaya after the umbilical catheters were placed.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026

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