clasping

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times

“He was found with his hands clasping into the grass and soil,” the suit said.

From New York Times

“I’m afraid, everyone is afraid,” he said, clasping his hands, toughened and callused by years of fighting and manual labor.

From New York Times

After the U.S. women’s soccer team fell to Canada on Monday night in a semifinal, one member of the team, Carli Lloyd, crouched on the field, clasping her head in her hands.

From New York Times

As darkness fell, Catholic nuns sang over the sounds of machinery that had resumed, passing out rosaries and clasping glowing white candles.

From Washington Post