Example Sentences

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Clasped by gardeners, game wardens, footmen, chefs, guests, Queen Mary reeled and pivoted in twelve of the 14 Highland flings, polkas and Circassian circles that were on the program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clasped in his arms, Janey rallies her swooning senses with ingenuity worthy of true American girlhood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Clasped in his fingers was only a single strand of Nuwa's hair, a tiny drop of blood falling from it.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Clasped by many hands and led forward, she came to an earnest, holy form who leaned forward and looked kindly upon her.

From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.

Clasped in his arms, life and death shall unite in me in an unbreakable chain.

From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed