prehension

Example Sentences

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But last week Philadelphia's Dr. William Likoff somberly warned the AHA that the "mild coronary" may have more cause for ap prehension than for gratitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

But public ap prehension about the possible dangers of chemical insect killers is now shielding the hungry worms from DDT and other long-lasting poisons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ancient modes of locomotion, prehension, balancing, defense, attack, sensuality, etc., are all rehearsed, some quite fully and some only by the faintest mimetic suggestion, flitting spasmodic tensions, gestures, or facial expressions.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

No mechanical contrivance has ever been designed that is comparable to the hand in flexibility, deftness, adaptability, or power of prehension.

From The Reconstructed School by Pearson, Francis B.

It also serves, as we have before seen, for prehension and suction, and as a tactile organ.

From The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms, with observations on their habits by Darwin, Charles