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The baseball player gripped the bat. The driver gripped the wheel. The visitor gripped the doorknob.
Just one, in proper English!
The eagle gripped its helpless prey with powerful talons.
Grasp, clutch
gripped by fear or nervousness
No. Gripped is the past tense of the verb grip.
Frightened, terrified, scared, jittery, shakey, freaked.
Verbs included gripped, seized, snatched, swiped, or took.
The past tense of grip is gripped.
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The word you are looking for is "anxiety." It is a feeling of fear, worry, or unease typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Odysseus' men were "gripped by fear " because of the wolves and mountain lions.