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Meanings of close clasp in English

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Usage of close clasp in English
1
The two pairs of hands were united in a close clasp.
Dona Perfecta
2
He bent toward her, and the two hands met in a close clasp.
The Nameless Castle
3
Some one put a hand in close clasp upon his arm.
The Day of the Beast
4
She loosed her arm with something like impatience from the child's close clasp.
Old Lady Mary: A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
5
The words and the tone seemed to match the close clasp of our hands.
Set in Silver
6
Lydia broke away from her mother's close clasp and ran back to her sister.
The Squirrel-Cage
7
Companionships may dissolve and warm hands grow cold and their close clasp relax-whatthen?
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Psalms
8
Their eyes met in a long gaze, and then their hands in a close clasp.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
9
Carley felt herself enveloped in strong close clasp-andthen a warm, quick kiss of joy.
The Call of the Canyon
10
With a long, close clasp of hands they parted.
St. Elmo
11
He took Priscilla's hands in a long, close clasp.
The Place Beyond the Winds
12
Julian and Fritz stood together a little apart from the crowd; their hands were locked in a close clasp.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
13
His sobs shook her, and the close clasp of his arms was painful; but she neither spoke nor moved.
Cobwebs and Cables
14
The laughter with which he was fighting emotion died on his lips, and their hands met in a close clasp.
Round Anvil Rock: A Romance
15
Once more their hands met, in a long close clasp, then Leo laid on the chancel railing a large square envelope.
At the Mercy of Tiberius
16
Bobby felt cheered by her tone, and his doubts utterly vanished when he was held in the close clasp of his stepmother.
'Me and Nobbles'
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