handclasp

Example Sentences

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What matters is the listening, the bearing witness—the quiet handclasp that says, I hear you.

From Slate • May 30, 2017

But to many a patient, lying scared as she awaits the anesthetist's mask, the most comforting feature is the gentle but firmly reassuring handclasp of Dr. Scudder, the woman who decided to follow family tradition.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Norman Clyde still has a face that is unlined and a handclasp that can crumple knuckles.

From Time Magazine Archive

And although both Miss Gish and her step-daughter Sonia love Dr. Astrov, no entente more cordial than a handclasp is ever consummated.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he held her hand in the handclasp, he thought, “She’ll be my wife, someday, God and she willin’.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith