clasping

Example Sentences

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Clasping onto the sculptural form of a hand of unknown provenance puts a person in contact with a spirit who briefly overtakes the host’s body.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Clasping or shaking hands as a symbol of friendship, trust and hospitality was practiced by Babylonian kings and ancient Romans and promoted by 18th-century Quakers as a more egalitarian greeting than bowing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Clasping his aide’s hand for support, he sashayed across the gym, a sprawling red carpet under his feet.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2017

Clasping hands usually symbolizes the hand of a deceased person coming from the left, Burnett wrote.

From Washington Times • Nov. 1, 2015

Clasping her hands together, she closed those gray-blue eyes and ducked her head down and all I could see then was the big mass of wavy brown hair and the little blue hat.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns