Example Sentences

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I have been clasping hands with the moribund—and usually they said, "It is for the last time."

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 3 (1876-1885) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

Julian might have been clasping stone or iron.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe