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tight grasp

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He had taken hold of the good past again, and still held to it with the tight grasp of one conscious of danger.

"Let things rest as they are, I beseech you," says he, taking her hand and holding it in a tight grasp.

"Indeed I couldn't," she whispered, letting her hand lie passive in his tight grasp.

On saying this he caught my hand with a hard, tight grasp, and looked eagerly into my eyes.

Holding the child to him with a tight grasp, they cried together.

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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tight grasp, such as: big stick, control, firm hand, grip, heavy hand, and high hand.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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