clasp
noun
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing.
is clasping
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present progressiveof clasp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It’s almost always someone who is clasping the steering wheel a little too hard, staring straight ahead, a glazed, or confused, look on their face, like they’re doing all they can to just get by.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2019
All my sisters have gathered around on the floor, because Mama is cheesin’ hard and is clasping her hands as if this envelope is about to change our lives.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
A voluptuary and a miser, magnificently attired, is clasping to his heart a purse full of money and a bunch of flowers and corn.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
In most places I can see the straight ending of the cloud, but above the lake grey fingers are coming up and down, like a hand that is clasping and opening again.
From In Wicklow and West Kerry by J. M. (John Millington) Synge
Just look at the rusty old horseshoe that she is clasping with both hands.
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II by Gerhart Hauptmann
