The act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
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Examples for "grasping "
1 The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
2 The act of Fred Linden in grasping the limb saved his life.
3 The wild blood in her leaped at the thought of grasping happiness.
4 This will teach thee caution in judgment and accuracy in grasping subjects.
5 The players form in a circle, grasping the hands of their neighbors.
1 Two experiments were carried out: the prehension experiment and the grasp perturbation experiment.
2 In the stationary-object prehension task, subjects had to pick up a stationary target object.
3 Such a precision grip device may form the groundwork for future studies on prehension mechanisms.
4 The presentation of distractors had no effects on the prehension kinematics of the control subjects.
5 TENTACULA or TENTACLES.-Delicatefleshy organs of prehension or touch possessed by many of the lower animals.
1 The same feverish restlessness was taking hold in similar circles in Europe.
2 The Dominican crisis broke just as the new dogma was taking hold .
3 As I said the words, I could feel a shift taking hold .
4 She'd hardly eaten anything today, and the wine was taking hold fast.
5 It adds credence to anecdotal accounts of a new normal taking hold .
1 However, few observers believe the army is bent on seizing power again.
2 Renzi's political focus since seizing power in February does make economic sense.
3 So any move will almost inevitably lead to accusations of ' seizing power'.
4 They came close to seizing power in a lightning attack last year.
5 Sea gangs have made millions of dollars from seizing ships and crews.
6 Russia is also seizing two properties near Moscow used by American diplomats.
7 Sudan has also been accused by the South of seizing oil shipments.
8 They are already sealing the doors and seizing everything in the house.
9 The men seizing the rope dragged the apparatus up the steep slope.
10 Iowa called a timeout before seizing control the rest of the way.
11 Jungians saw evidence that archetypes had been seizing human minds since prehistory.
12 Harding examined it; then seizing his telescope he rushed to the window.
13 My arms had stopped working, every muscle seizing painfully before going limp.
14 And seizing the tree in his arms, he kissed it with transport.
15 Pirates have made millions of dollars seizing ships and taking crews hostage.
16 The second iguana also attacked, seizing Galileo's forearm with its powerful teeth.
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