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handclasp

[hand-klasp, -klahsp] / ˈhændˌklæsp, -ˌklɑsp /




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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

Each had held its last separate meeting before their 800 delegates gathered to witness the handclasp of union by their presidents.

From Time Magazine Archive

All that remained was the last, quick putt, and a brief handclasp from a tired, dejected and thoroughly-beaten Palmer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tiny though she is, her handclasp is as firm as a bricklayer's.

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




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