handhold

Example Sentences

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Three men were climbing the Gribin Ridge in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, on Saturday, when the handhold collapsed.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2023

She started as a country singer, has found a handhold firmly in pop, but albums like "Reputation" have a more gritty and experimental feel.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2022

High on a wall in West Virginia, entrusting his weight to a narrow handhold, another shrieks “in all out battle mode,” according to Lynch’s caption; but is he shrieking in pain, exhilaration or fear?

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2019

What gives Mr. O’Rourke a handhold in the race is his prodigious fundraising.

From Washington Times • Jun. 4, 2019

Her urgent need was to figure out how to get past the nest, using its important handhold, and to the steplike rock protrusions that would be the means of her final ascent to the top.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry