clasped

Example Sentences

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The result at Deanna Evans is a series of shrines through which eyes consider us or hands, clasped in prayer or curved in a blessing, beckon.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Some clasped their hands together, while others prostrated themselves.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Nundu carried a framed photo of Baba Simeo Melchior -- the so-called "Black Messiah" -- who eyes the camera with his hands clasped and a large medallion around his neck.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

I spotted Jacobi sitting quietly among his friends, hands clasped in his lap.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Thorn had her hands clasped and was biting her bottom lip but nodding enthusiastically.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega