handclasp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of 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
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
Tiny though she is, her handclasp is as firm as a bricklayer's.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Norman Clyde still has a face that is unlined and a handclasp that can crumple knuckles.
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
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