clasping
Example Sentences
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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
An accompanying photo shows him and Allred laughing and clasping hands at an event in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2025
A photograph released by Eritrea in the wake of the meeting shows President Isaias Afwerki clasping hands with his counterparts from Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, and Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
“Lina,” she said, clasping her hands on the desk, “it seems you prefer socializing to studying.”
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
