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

After a tendril has clasped a stick, it contracts spirally; if it remains unattached it hangs straight downwards.

From The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Darwin, Charles

My lord the Cid has clasped them, and he has kissed the twain.

From The Lay of the Cid by Bacon, Leonard

Quickly they forget her, and she too has forgotten them; she has clasped her crucifix in her hands, and is still buried in prayer when the women begin to come in from the field.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.