handclasp

Example Sentences

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What matters is the listening, the bearing witness—the quiet handclasp that says, I hear you.

From Slate • May 30, 2017

Each had held its last separate meeting before their 800 delegates gathered to witness the handclasp of union by their presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even conversions came quietly, with only the exchange of a firm handclasp between minister and convert.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whenever possible, he applied the personal touch: a fervent handclasp, an embrace, a clutched arm, a kiss.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he held her hand in the handclasp, he thought, “She’ll be my wife, someday, God and she willin’.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith