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
But to many a patient, lying scared as she awaits the anesthetist's mask, the most comforting feature is the gentle but firmly reassuring handclasp of Dr. Scudder, the woman who decided to follow family tradition.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
