clasping

Example Sentences

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His brothers and wife, clasping hands, sat in the first row watching.

From Los Angeles Times

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

On Saturday, he knew, walking toward home plate and clasping hands with Will Smith.

From Los Angeles Times

Fueling our mass mourning’s ache is a lack of knowing who will ignite the next blaze like the one D’Angelo sparked, forging the sensual and the spiritual, with passion’s hand clasping its mate in prayer.

From Salon

“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