clasp
noun
a device, usually of metal, for fastening together two or more things or parts of the same thing.
were clasping
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past progressiveof clasp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even while their arms were clasping their sweethearts' necks, they began to hint at their brave adventures and to boast of the grain and the timber and the wine.
From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina) Liljencrantz
You mean it?” and in an instant both his hands were clasping hers.
From The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan
Grace thought the trees met overhead just as if they were clasping hands, and playing a game of "King's Cruise" for every body to "march through."
From Little Prudy by Sophie May
Some were bathed in tears; some were praying aloud; some were talking to those who stood, or knelt beside them; some were clasping convulsive hands; all were oblivious of surroundings.
From Fran by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
Her fingers were clasping his arm,—and she was in trouble.
From Berenice by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
