Clasped

Examples

• She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As he stood in the doorway, the poor old careworn wayworn woman burst into tears, and clasped her hands, as if in a very agony she prayed to him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He clasped his hands together, and involuntarily uttered a subdued exclamation of horror. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He clasped his arms round her, lifted her a little, and said, Does that hurt you? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She cried, with her clasped hands lifted above her head, that it would kill their father if he ever knew it; and fell down at Tip's graceless feet. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The trooper flushes angrily and hesitates a moment, but holds out his two hands, clasped together, and says, There! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He stood with his back towards them, and his gloved hands clasped behind him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When his second assailant fell, the woman clasped her children to her breast and wept for joy. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The dressmaker, with her hands still clasped, looked affrightedly from the one to the other of her two companions. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And, finally, there was this very important piece of evidence which was found clasped in the dead man's right hand. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And Gerald's hand closed warm and sudden over Birkin's, they remained exhausted and breathless, the one hand clasped closely over the other. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And clasped in my arms as she had never been, as I had thought she never was to be! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She clasped me in her arms, and I clasped her in mine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Here Mr. Tupman paused, and pressed the hand which clasped the handle of the happy watering-pot. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She clasped her hands and waited for an answer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• She took up the theme again five minutes after, as Caroline fastened her dress and clasped her girdle. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She sank on her knees, and raised her clasped hands to heaven. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She was sitting beside him on the robe, her hands clasped around her ankles. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Mrs. Fisher clasped her hands enthusiastically. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Then he clasped his hand fast round my arm, and whispered to me, 'What did Anne Catherick say to you yesterday? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• When she left he continued to sit motionless, his elbows on his knees, his chin on his clasped hands, his eyes fixed on the red grate. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• As she spoke this, she clasped her hands and extended them towards heaven, as if imploring mercy on her soul before she made the final plunge. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I threw myself on my knees and raised my clasped hands to Heaven! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Men groaned, and clasped their hands; women shrieked, and turned away their faces. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His voice trembled, his eyes were cast up, his hands clasped, and his fragile person was bent, as it were, with excess of emotion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Turning suddenly toward Tardos Mors as I still clasped my dying love to my breast I cried. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• In the sad moonlight, she clasped him by the neck, and laid her face upon his breast. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Tom Smart, in the energy of his compassion, had put his arm round the widow's waist; and the widow, in a passion of grief, had clasped Tom's hand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He sat silent, his thick hands clasped on the table, his little puzzled eyes exploring the recesses of the deserted restaurant. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Her hands were fast clasped in her lap, and her eyes were fixed on the ground. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Typist: Terrence