prehension

Example Sentences

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But last week Philadelphia's Dr. William Likoff somberly warned the AHA that the "mild coronary" may have more cause for ap prehension than for gratitude.

From Time Magazine Archive

But public ap prehension about the possible dangers of chemical insect killers is now shielding the hungry worms from DDT and other long-lasting poisons.

From Time Magazine Archive

It         is therefore to be dealt with through right ap- 460:18 prehension of the truth of being.

From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Eddy, Mary Baker

Having for its function the narrowing of the orifice it surrounds, it acts during suction and in the prehension of food.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

No mechanical contrivance has ever been designed that is comparable to the hand in flexibility, deftness, adaptability, or power of prehension.

From The Reconstructed School by Pearson, Francis B.