Grasps
[ɡrɑ:sps]
Examples
- Scraping up a quantity of sand into a little heap, he grasps it with three of the legs on one side and hurries away with it to some little distance. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His brother starts up, calls him by his name, and grasps him by both hands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter--by any movement he can make. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Tom Tootle, who is nearest to the doctor when he says this, grasps the doctor fervently by the hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Rochelle