clasping
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of clasping
Example Sentences
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His brothers and wife, clasping hands, sat in the first row watching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
“He doesn’t know he was in a movie,” said Leonberg, clasping a happily wriggling Indy, who doesn’t register me on the other end of the Zoom interview.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025
Raducanu sealed victory with a ripping forehand winner on her second match point, breaking into a beaming smile and clasping the peak of her hat in shock.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2025
I sat opposite her, clasping the book I had just found inside the sycamore hollow.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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