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    1. He grasped her hand and they shook in a firm clasp, “Thank you for the offer; and for passing it by me before the lad


    2. undid the clasp on the front of her bra with his right hand and at the same time


    3. No, she’d have to live through a long life locked up in this house, or a short life in the mine, before they all could clasp each other close


    4. Diary, with the unlocked clasp swinging to and fro


    5. ” I reached my hand to clasp his for a moment


    6. I reached for my clasp knife which was in my pocket and then opened the tin opener from it I then set to opening my bully when I had finished I peeled the lid back and saw what was inside


    7. How we managed to clasp hands through the entire storm, I don"t know


    8. Our belts were the same as the Army issued, but blue in colour and without regimental clasp


    9. "Yes, I will," said Jimmy Scarecrow, and he tried hard to bring one of his stiff, outstretched arms around to clasp the doll-baby


    10. in the big, soft shadowy clasp of the Sandman, and trooped away after

    11. Joseph watched the Baron clasp his hands together tightly


    12. It was an elaborate dark box, covered in the leather hide of an animal, and sealed with a gold clasp


    13. She fumbled with the clasp and I slid it down


    14. His hands, crossed over his chest, clasp his arms so hard his knuckles are white


    15. I clasp my hands over my chest and press down, hoping the pressure will make me feel safe, like an embrace


    16. Little or no jewellery was needed except for my usual gold earrings, but I was still fastening a gold bracelet and struggling with the clasp, when a shadow appeared outside the frosted glass door


    17. Couldn’t yet get the clasp fastened (my fingers had turned to jelly) and prettily asked for his help


    18. The wolf snapped my stake in half with a single thrusting clasp through his teeth


    19. She heard the clasp pop and


    20. She brushed all the knots out of his mane of black hair and applied a bit of lotion that made it lay down shiny and smooth, then brushed it all back to the nape of his neck, secured it with a plain gold clasp, and cut it off evenly ten centimeters below the clasp

    21. She brushed all the knots out of his mane of black hair and applied a bit of lotion that made it lay down shiny and smooth, then brushed it all back to the nape of his neck, secured it with a plain gold clasp, and cut it off evenly three inches below the clasp


    22. I can clasp the hand of an angel


    23. A tall man, dressed in a cloak and with a silver clasp at his neck


    24. As he speaks, Hartstongue releases his clasp on Johan’s tunic and moves both hands across to grip his shoulders


    25. His fingers longed to clasp it again, though this time his mind feared its enmity and turned away at the last


    26. More than anything, I yearn to clasp your strong hands, gaze into your eyes, and pour into your ears all of the troubles of my tormented soul


    27. To help pass the time, Jitter pulled out a clasp knife and sliced up an apple and slowly ate each slice


    28. things worse and in her panic Petrulyn could not undo the clasp of her necklace, whose


    29. into the cave for? It looks like it’s a bronze clasp or pin with the head in the shape of an acorn and a bronze bracelet


    30. The pin was probably a cloak clasp

    31. Here's what I need: 1 box of #10 business envelopes 500 count, 1 box of 9 x 12 manila clasp envelopes 100 count, 2 dozen yellow only legal pads, and 50 sheets of good typing carbon paper


    32. Out of mine fell Crisi’s birth cord, bronze, red-gold and black hair tied together with a red thread, my mother’s hair clasp, given to her by my father, and mistletoe berries


    33. " Zoe untied the clasp and removed Eva’s cloak and threw it to the other end of the cabin


    34. "You can thread it onto your chain if--" Eva stopped speaking when Zoe took the chain around her neck and undid the clasp


    35. Michael undid the clasp, and opened the bag


    36. An elderly maid in apron and cap conducted me to an overdecorated Victorian sitting room where an ageless woman attired in expensive silk, pearls, softly permed hair, elegant stiletto-heeled shoes in the same silk as the dress, several large diamond and gold rings, and a pince-nez suspended on a fine gold chain pinned to her bosom with a diamond clasp, sat with knees together and lips slightly apart


    37. Tears were streaming and I wanted to clasp him in my arms, stroke the bruises on his manly cheeks and press his head against my chest and absorb - absolve - the cancer of four years of loneliness, misery and doubt


    38. · Clasp your hands in front of your stomach, not most of the time, but as often as possible


    39. Old Szeezool demands a short wrestling match to determine who the leader will be, but the two hunters stand and clasp hands and tell the old man to mind his own business


    40. The two clasp hands and hug, each suppressing a tear of joy

    41. Placing it between her red lips, she lit it with a slim gold lighter which she replaced in a small red clasp purse that Chris had not noticed before


    42. thrown a magnificent cloak of crimson, with on its clasp a seven-pointed star


    43. Even as their tears trickled down to their clasp to cement their fellow feeling, they shed more of them for the same reason


    44. There was a promise of protection in his iron clasp


    45. Olivia stole close to clasp his arm and stare down wide-eyed at the sprawling monster


    46. With one white hand he smoothed his pointed mustache, and with the other he held a velvet chaperon with a scarlet feather fastened by a golden clasp


    47. 'Conan!' He wheeled back into the chamber just in time to catch the Devi of Vendhya in his arms as she rushed across the room and threw herself upon him, catching him about the neck with a frantic clasp, half hysterical with terror and gratitude and relief


    48. He said nothing to Yasmina, and she seemed content to nestle her dark head against his arching breast and find security in the clasp of his iron arms


    49. The clasp and hinges were solid gold


    50. clasp and shape, as














































    1. Hands clasped once more on the tablecloth


    2. MacKenzie clasped his knees tightly, his knuckles turning white as he gripped the


    3. Aban, Menachem and I rose up and clasped hands one more time


    4. " She clasped her fist to her breast


    5. The monument is a 24-meter high triumphal column, supporting a pair of clasped hands and a dove of peace


    6. The girls clasped him and they all held each other and stared at the now tranquil pool


    7. Elmore curled his lips in and leaned back with his hands clasped behind him


    8. “You haven’t switched over to coriax fur either have you?” Heymon said as they clasped hands across the table


    9. She clasped my fingers in the auto


    10. Govind clasped Ish's hand

    11. Boris immediately greeted Alfred like and old friend, though Alfred was a bit more reserved in his greeting, he still rose and clasped arms, allowed the Russian a hug


    12. I digest this in silence, my hand firmly clasped in his as we walk up the road


    13. ‘No … it just sounds so trite …’ he said, his eyes on our hands firmly clasped on the table top


    14. me, Salamander!’ he clasped his small hairy hands


    15. His guest smiled and extended his hand, when the younger man clasped it the old gent said, “I'm pulling for ya,” and he turned and stepped off the porch and headed up the road toward town


    16. his hands clasped behind his back respectfully as the


    17. Harry reached for the widow's hand and clasped it with a gentle shake, “Pleased, ma'am” he said


    18. How was she going to rebuild this place herself? She held her head lower, hoping he wouldn't notice her moist eyes, but gently he clasped his hands about her face and lifted it to look directly into her eyes


    19. turned back to the window, his hands clasped tightly


    20. ” He clasped his hand together and dropped to his knee

    21. with his hands clasped firmly behind his back, while


    22. It was too late; Johnson clasped the cuffs around Roman’s wrists


    23. Legs crossed, hands clasped behind his head, Galimoto reclined against the tree


    24. Hands clasped together, Alec felt the mage's hand in his own


    25. clasped tightly behind his head


    26. He had his hands clasped behind his back, his expression was grave, but she ignored him


    27. They clasped each other arm to arm


    28. She clasped her hand over her mouth in shock


    29. It was enough to cause him to grin softly as he stretched out upon the bed, hands clasped under his head on the small pillow


    30. ” Zarko’s mother clasped her hand to her head as she remembered

    31. She clasped her hand to her mouth in shock


    32. She quickly clasped them together to steady her nerves


    33. Zarko walked over to the open window and stared into the night, his hands clasped behind his back


    34. “But how can it be an edge to all of us at once?” Deni was sure there was a discrepancy here and her mind clasped it instantly


    35. He took it and clasped it with considerable strength


    36. We hadn’t knelt nor clasped our hands together nor even bowed our heads, but we had tried


    37. She took one look, clasped the doll to her and hugged tightly


    38. We clasped hands as we did as children when we felt it was she and I against the world


    39. Now, she clasped her hands before her as she stared at Jesus, her lips curving into a smile


    40. Joseph and I looked at each other and he clasped my hand so tightly, I must have grimaced, because he loosened his grip

    41. Torbin, with the extraction pipe still clasped to his side, stared into the vibrating core


    42. Joseph clasped his hand and said, “I"m Joseph, this is my wife, Mary and our son, Jesus


    43. She clasped me to her as I hugged her tightly


    44. I clasped Him to me and my tears ran into His thick dark hair


    45. I raised my eyes, clasped my hands and said, “Thank you, God, for the most wonderful children in the world


    46. ” He sat back down, his hands clasped around his knees


    47. “Oh, Jesus,” I clasped his hands in mine as I cried


    48. I clasped my hands together, suspecting I was about to hear something even more strange


    49. I clasped my hands together in sorrow


    50. ” Leah clasped her tiny hands around her knees, rocking back and forth









































    1. Instinctively, I reach out as though to take it … drawing my hand back swiftly as I realise what I am doing, and clasping it with my other hand as though it had been burned


    2. ’ He said, his hand firmly clasping Jacqui’s


    3. At some stage during that time, she manages to tell Caderl the news about their marriage and I witness him having a quiet, if enthusiastic word with Berndt, clasping him by his injured arm in his excitement and then having to apologise speedily as a result of being a little too excited


    4. Clasping my hand, she leads me over to a two-seater sofa and sits down with me


    5. Solo Ki hesitated only briefly before clasping the mage's hand


    6. “Oh, child…” He in turn shook his head sorrowfully, stepping past her and clasping his hands behind his back in gloomy rumination


    7. Helez sat in one of the comfortable chairs, her head against the high back and her eyes closed, clasping her hands together in her lap as her mind spun in turmoil


    8. clasping his hand in hers


    9. ” He began his proposal, clasping his hands together as he


    10. Holland twisted his features and sat back, clasping his hands over his stomach

    11. She clung to it, almost crying, clasping it with both of her own, bringing it to her face, kissing it


    12. Clasping my hands together, I closed my eyes and prayed


    13. While she was unconscious, unaware of his presence, he dipped his head and closed his lips over hers, drawing her up and into him, clasping his strong arms around her small shoulders


    14. Having done all she could, Macey backed away and slid down the wall, clasping her hands around her legs, hugging her knees to her chest


    15. ” he mumbled, clasping at the wall, dragging himself up


    16. clasping his hands together


    17. neatly in a ponytail, and her hand still clasping a teddy bear


    18. While I fed on Zacchaeus I could see Adrinius clasping his bleeding neck with his hands bent at the knees howling from the pain


    19. I awoke with a start, clasping the window pane as my body hurled towards gravity


    20. Ishvara drew my eyes to him by clasping my chin and directing me to look at him

    21. clasping sheaves of wheat to my bosom--became my guidebook to all that was


    22. about, clasping and unclasping their hands, wiggling their toes, not sure what to think


    23. I twirled in front of Tess and she jumped out of her chair clasping her hands together in appreciation


    24. ” She said clasping her hands in anticipation


    25. I hurry over to the other side and find him on the ground, his back resting on the front wheel of his car with hands clasping his right ankle


    26. are besieged by a wall of approving aunties, clasping their


    27. An explosion of light and pain overcomes him, and Sloth cries out, hands clasping at his head, trying to rid himself of the invasion


    28. “So what's going to happen to us now?” Benjamin squirmed, clasping his hands around his


    29. The first of them who is clasping her hands is called Faith


    30. closely cut grass, clasping each other with arms that seemed stiff

    31. "Do you remember when Lucas had to warn the British airmen that the Germans were trying to find them?" Father Haralambos sat down and pulled Zoe down with him, clasping his hands over hers


    32. “Have I told you how proud I am of you? I still do not know how those two akhs of yours were my ebn’s with the horrible success rate they had in combat and torture, but you, my dear,” he said, reaching over and clasping her hand, squeezing it and smiling at her, “you make an abb proud


    33. Cold showers took thirty seconds, then clasping each other tightly they stepped onto an enseemat and a nanosecond later were plunging their feet into the deep-pile of a gruesome red carpet in the huge and hideously decorated apartment belonging to the Chief Mage


    34. Her smile broadens, and she stands clasping my hands in her wrinkled ones


    35. They were drowning and clasping at the lasts straws they could find


    36. At the thought her legs refused to support her, and she collapsed in a shuddering heap, clasping Conan's knees and mingling incoherent pleas for mercy and protection with piteous protestations of her innocence of any malign intention


    37. She faltered promises of explicit obedience, clasping his corded neck as if seeking security from the contact


    38. Flat on her back, her well kept hands clasping the wine glass poised on her stomach, she talked into the night sky


    39. "How bad is the damage?" asked Travis, warming his hands by clasping the enamel mug


    40. somewhat vertical, I was still clasping the key

    41. He gasped and doubled up, clasping his face with both hands


    42. ” Freda during all this time had kept hold of her friends hand and was now clasping it so hard that Annie had to shake her hand to get the circulation going through it again


    43. “What?” Joey said, clasping his head


    44. He remembered a garbled conversation, then him and Fishmael clasping hands and shaking firmly, after the bloody signing of the contract


    45. His father quickly scurried around the vehicle, clasping his arm around the woman as they entered the hotel


    46. Astoundingly calm, Mitchell emerged near the surface, pulling off the fins, before clasping the ladder


    47. Seconds later he sat up, clasping his left hand around the back of Travis's neck


    48. She was clasping a small gold clutch,


    49. said Jil clasping her hands together in anticipation


    50. ” Said Tony clasping his hands over his beach ball














































    1. Fizzicist snapped open the clasps and raised the lid gently


    2. It had impressive leather covers with metal clasps


    3. For what he clasps


    4. ” Thomas clasps him on the shoulder and


    5. For what he clasps, seems a very thin line


    6. She tugs at the hem of her shirt, then clasps her hands in front of her


    7. MATTHEW CLASPS HIS hands behind his back


    8. He clasps his left hand brutally across her mouth


    9. It was a big mirror, one of the older types that had a mirror held to a backing board by metal clasps


    10. There was a flurry of activity, as men began to open the metal clasps of each container

    11. Justice clasps her hands together


    12. Although amply forewarned by the approaching clasps of thunder, the throng of


    13. One of the clasps must not have been latched closed because the briefcase popped open


    14. The camera callously and noisily pulled closer to them bringing them prematurely back to the scene in hand, on cue Byron unattached the actress’s white cotton robe at the shoulder clasps, baring the curve of her spine to the whirling lens


    15. She clasps her shiny purse closed, and then nods her head quickly up and down several times


    16. The next few days saw my plan slowly start to set into motion it would be this plan that would finally break me from the clasps of Rick and G


    17. open area that he undoes the clasps from


    18. " He clasps his hands behind his back


    19. ” He insisted I turn around and face the wall; I sat on my knees as his hands undid my bra clasps


    20. ” The same translucent cloth in medium green was full length from neck to ankle, high-waisted and fastened at the shoulders with gold and tourmoline clasps

    21. ” He unfastened the gold and tourmoline shoulder clasps and the stolla slipped to my ankles


    22. And now all the clasps are undone on his vest and her leg wraps around his hip and he's squeezing her ass with such a hunger, such a need to grip her flesh that she moans into his mouth, sending vibrations running straight down to his stomach


    23. Eugene pauses in his act of tightening up Maximus' saddle, draws his eyebrows together, and watches her as she clasps her hands behind her back and rocks back on her heels with a smug look on her face


    24. As she jerked involuntarily the steel clasps around her wrists also bit


    25. She lets out a shrill scream as the Zombie clasps her head and lifts it off as if he was picking a


    26. He found her only a few yards away, a short, thin little waif, barely out of her mid-teens, with long blond hair pulled back into a ponytail by several golden clasps


    27. Once more she struggled with the bra and gave a few discontented words as she fiddled with straps and tiny clasps


    28. The jacket was embossed, with silver clasps and small metal plates riveted down either side of the breast, engraved with entwined animals


    29. These are again the words of Jarvis Lorry, as he clasps his hands, and looks upward


    30. But the springs of the right side having at length given way beneath the weight of his corpulence, it happened that the carriage as it rolled along leaned over a little, and on the other cushion near him could be seen a large box covered in red sheep-leather, whose three brass clasps shone grandly

    31. "You are," said the page, "the most worthy wife of a most arch-worthy governor; and as a proof of what I say accept this letter and this present;" and at the same time he took out of his pocket a string of coral beads with gold clasps, and placed it on her neck, and said, "This letter is from his lordship the governor, and the other as well as these coral beads from my lady the duchess, who sends me to your worship


    32. Herewith I send you, my dear, a string of coral beads with gold clasps; I wish they were Oriental pearls; but "he who gives thee a bone does not wish to see thee dead;" a time will come when we shall become acquainted and meet one another, but God knows the future


    33. We were in the presence of a ship whose severed shrouds still hung from their clasps


    34. She took out her purse with the silver clasps and read again the words A Present from Belfast


    35. She wore a blue and white-striped vest, with long open sleeves, trimmed with silver loops and buttons of pearls, and a sort of bodice, which, closing only from the centre to the waist, exhibited the whole of the ivory throat and upper part of the bosom; it was fastened with three magnificent diamond clasps


    36. BLOOM: (His eyes wildly dilated, clasps himself) Show! Hide! Show! Plough her!


    37. And Albert took out of a little pocket-book with golden clasps, a remnant of his old fancies, or perhaps a tender souvenir from one of the mysterious and veiled ladies who used to knock at his little door,—Albert took out of this pocket-book a note of 1,000 francs


    38. She deposits one can in each pocket of her uncle’s coat, and checks again for the little house in the pocket of her dress, and sits on a trunk and clasps her cane in both hands and tries not to think about her bladder


    39. She didn’t bother with any arm clasps, and Sarmouth hesitated as she hugged him with a familiarity which would undoubtedly have horrified eighty or ninety percent of her brother’s subjects


    40. ‘Who else is with the countess?—a Frenchman?’ Stepan Arkadyevitch asked the hall porter, as he glanced at the familiar overcoat of Alexey Alexandrovitch and a queer, rather artless-looking overcoat with clasps

    41. She saw the little Zouave, a split-oak basket over his unwounded arm, making the rounds of the crowd on her side of the hall and saw women, old and young, laughing, eager, tugging each other undo stiff necklace clasps, unpinning brooches from bosoms


    42. Christian climbs in the other side and clasps my hand, giving it a gentle squeeze that I feel all the way though my body


    43. She clasps my hands


    44. ” She clasps her hands together, leaps up off the couch, and pirouettes to the window


    45. Christian stops in the doorway and clasps my chin, forcing my eyes to meet his


    46. He clasps my hand


    47. Once he’s done, he clasps my hair at the nape to hold me in place


    48. He balanced his briefcase on the rounded top of a postal box and flicked open the clasps, and there inside lay the long, unmarked envelope he’d been supposed to deliver


    49. He clasps me to himself like Life itself and he a Dying Man


    50. But then he clasps my hand and bumps my chest and says, “Good to see you, Tom








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    Synonyms for "clasp"

    clasp clench clutch clutches grasp grip hold buckle brooch clip snap secure pin clamp latch fastener hasp catch fastening button hug link fold

    "clasp" definitions

    a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together


    the act of grasping


    hold firmly and tightly


    fasten with or as if with a brooch


    fasten with a buckle or buckles


    grasp firmly