clasp
noun
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing.
has clasped
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present perfectof clasp (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The junior has clasped that message, a command to herself, and says a small prayer during pivotal junctures in games.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2021
Since his death in 1992, the fashionable end of the art market has clasped him to its bosom.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2016
Madness has clasped the brain, too feeble to strive against the flesh in revolt, and the latter has avenged itself as the brute avenge itself by the act of a brute.
From The Grip of Desire by Hector France
When a petiole has clasped a twig, it undergoes some remarkable changes, which may be observed with the other species, but in a less strongly marked manner, and will here be described once for all.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
The clasped petiole in the course of two or three days swells greatly, and ultimately becomes nearly twice as thick as the opposite one which has clasped nothing.
From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin
