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handhold
/ ˈhændˌhəʊld /
noun
- an object, crevice, etc, that can be used as a grip or support, as in climbing
- a grip or secure hold with the hand or hands
Example Sentences
Looking up, there are plenty of handholds and footholds made of side chains and protein pockets.
With a flashlight gripped in his teeth, Cook edged along the sloping ledges, groping for handholds.
Despite the pressures and politics of their positions, observers describe a couple who seem to genuinely enjoy each other’s company in a city where marital handholds, kisses and sleeping arrangements are picked apart for subtle signs of expediency.
Then he went back, eased off the emergency brake, grabbed a good handhold and strained forward.
The reaction of the motion brought him slowly but surely to a handhold in the wall.
Wade decided suddenly to go into his room and stopped himself by grabbing a handhold.
Under every carefully worked out step there was solid stone, for every handhold there was a firm stake set.
With desperate haste, Penny obtained another handhold which seemed fairly firm.
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