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But her banter is almost as enjoyable as her singing, and it makes just as fine a delivery system for Jackson's inimitable attitude, which pairs a seductive smile with a balled-up fist.

In concert: Wanda Jackson at 9:30 Club 2011

With unexpected energy, he kicked at me, then punched me with balled-up fists.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

He bursts in with balled-up fists pressed against his eyes and starts crying about how he can't take it and he doesn't know what to tell his parents.

Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010

Vinnie dug in his front pocket and tossed me a balled-up five-dollar bill.

Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

Sometimes, as on the driving "Serpents," an atmospheric swirl of instrumentation builds to a catharsis, like a balled-up fist landing an overdue punch.

She's Gonna Make It After All Steve Dollar 2012

He bursts in with balled-up fists pressed against his eyes and starts crying about how he can't take it and he doesn't know what to tell his parents.

Una LaMarche: Project Runway Finale: Part One Recap Una LaMarche 2010

A second fruit split open, spilling another balled-up creature onto the terrace.

End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

Or, failing that, any safer than say, shoving balled-up socks, some hard-wearing wash balls or a pair of clean hand warmers, for a decade or so, inside the body of a formerly healthy woman who has been warned in the small print that the surgical use of these objects is still at the trial stage.

Thanks, Joan Rivers, you're an object lesson to us all | Catherine Bennett 2012

She was sorting through a pile of balled-up sweaters, crumpled socks, and tangled necklaces, her fingers shaking slightly.

Ominous Kate Brian 2011

She was sorting through a pile of balled-up sweaters, crumpled socks, and tangled necklaces, her fingers shaking slightly.

Ominous Kate Brian 2011