- present participle of clasp.
clasping
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Nearby, a news conference by the head of Pakistan's parliamentary health committee over the cause of the fire was interrupted by a distraught father clasping his palms together in a plea.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Manuel Alarcon, her father, was seated in the crowd, clasping his hands in rapt attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
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
He gave a gasp and struggled; but he remained bent, clasping the ball with both hands.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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