clasping
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Another was likely written while in China: “A soldier, yet a priest / clasping my hands in prayer / toward the moon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nearby, a news conference by the head of Pakistan's parliamentary health committee over the cause of the fire was interrupted by a distraught father clasping his palms together in a plea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
His brothers and wife, clasping hands, sat in the first row watching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
“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 ● Oct. 3, 2025
Otis joins me, doubled over, clasping his hands to his gut.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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