handhold
Example Sentences
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There are grooves carved into her armor, like handholds on recreational rock walls.
From Literature
I tested every handhold for loose rocks and moved only in the thunderclaps of cannon fire as they echoed in the gorge.
From Literature
The branches were slick with rain, but they were sturdy and had knobby, flowered handholds.
From Literature
“First you chopped a handhold, then a kneehold, and then chopped off ice hastily but carefully, with an occasional sea washing over you,” Worsley explained.
From Literature
They leaned down and gripped the metal handholds on the near edge.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
