clasping
Example Sentences
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Manuel Alarcon, her father, was seated in the crowd, clasping his hands in rapt attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
“He doesn’t know he was in a movie,” said Leonberg, clasping a happily wriggling Indy, who doesn’t register me on the other end of the Zoom interview.
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2025
The card also shows Meghan hugging a young girl and Prince Harry clasping the hand of a man lying in bed.
From BBC • Dec. 17, 2024
A clasping of hands, a rejoining of hearts.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
