clasp
noun
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing.
are clasping
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present progressiveof clasp.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At thrillingly precarious moments — in one, the electrician’s legs dangle above a vertigo-inducing drop — the player must squeeze both controller triggers as if Caz’s hands are clasping onto the splintering rig.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Then, still without a word, we are clasping hands.
From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
His daughters are clasping him wildly, and the sky seems mustering the thunder and fire in which the tragic bard has made him disappear.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
Both hands grasp the under garment, and the eyes are evidently turned in eager expectancy upon the folds which the hands are clasping, in the hope that the roving tormentor has at last been captured.
From Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 by Slason Thompson
We are clasping hands over a tomb, Mona.
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
