Clasped Sentence Examples

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  • He clasped his hands behind his back.

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  • He clasped his arms behind his back, waiting politely.

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  • Her eyes were on their clasped hands.

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  • Rissa looked down self-consciously and clasped her arms behind her back.

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  • Hands clasped, she prayed fervently, asking God not to let Destiny suffer for what they had done.

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  • Jackson leaned back a little and clasped his hands behind his head.

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  • Kiki clasped his hands and offered a small bow.

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  • He clasped his arms behind his head and lay down, impervious to the cold.

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  • Tymkyn, the best tracker in the underworld, stood behind him, hands clasped and chest heaving.

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  • He clasped his hands behind his back and drew a deep breath.

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  • An Orthodox bishop, vested for the holy liturgy, wears over his cassock - (i) the rnxcipcov, or alb (q.v.); the E7nrpay,Acov, or stole (q.v.); (3) the a narrow stuff girdle clasped behind, which holds together the two vestments above named; (4) the E7 n, uaviexa, liturgical cuffs, corresponding, possibly, to the pontifical gloves of the West;' (5) the i 7rtyovarcov, a stiff lozengeshaped piece of stuff hanging at the right side by a piece of riband from the girdle or attached to the o-AKKos, the equivalent of the Western maniple (q.v.); (6) the like the Western dalmatic (q.v.), worn instead of the 4acv6Acov, or chasuble; (7) the c?µocp6pcov, the equivalent of the Western pallium (q.v.).

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  • After a nine-hours' truce the palace was stormed, and Boniface was found lying in his bed, a cross clasped to his breast; that he was sitting in full regalia on the papal throne is a legend.

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  • The other night when I went to bed, I found Helen sound asleep with a big book clasped tightly in her arms.

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  • Suddenly she jumped up onto a tub to be higher than he, embraced him so that both her slender bare arms clasped him above his neck, and, tossing back her hair, kissed him full on the lips.

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  • Pelageya suddenly grew quite pale and clasped her hands.

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  • The young man in the fur-lined coat, stooping a little, stood in a submissive attitude, his fingers clasped before him.

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  • Then he took out a knife, cut something, closed the knife, placed it under the head of his bed, and, seating himself comfortably, clasped his arms round his lifted knees and fixed his eyes on Pierre.

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  • He kept one hand, in which he clasped his tobacco pouch, inside the bosom of his dressing gown and held the stem of his pipe firmly with the other.

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  • She blushed, pressed her clasped hands on her knees, and then controlling herself with an evident effort lifted her head and began to speak rapidly.

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  • He came out from behind the chairs, clasped his partner's hand firmly, threw back his head, and advanced his foot, waiting for the beat.

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  • He clasped his hands behind his head, giving her an unobstructed view of his body.

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  • He held out his hand, and Dusty clasped his wrist, allowing Damian to Travel them both to Tucson Sector HQ.

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  • The first man was in his prime, and his eyes crinkled in a genuine smile when he clasped hands with Dustin.

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  • Darkyn's hands were clasped behind his back.

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  • She glanced back over her shoulder to see Darkyn standing where she left him, hands clasped behind his back, watching her with the cold smile that told her there was more going on than she suspected.

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  • He stood a few meters away, hands clasped behind his back.

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  • His white-silver hair was long and clasped at his neck, his bronzed face and forest- green eyes displaying no emotion.

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  • After he had undergone the ceremony of degradation with all the childish formalities usual on such occasions, his soul was formally consigned by all those present to the devil, while he himself with clasped hands and uplifted eyes reverently committed it to Christ.

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  • Each span has four steel double ribs of steel tubes butted and clasped by wrought iron couplings.

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  • The countess, it is said, was present at the scene, and held Buckingham's horse in the disguise of a page, saw her husband killed, and then clasped her lover in her arms, receiving blood-stains upon her dress from the embrace.

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  • The young girl in her love for it carried the dead child clasped to her bosom, and went from house to house of her pitying friends asking them to give her medicine for it.

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  • His hands were clasped behind his back, his muscular chest and flat abs drawing her gaze.

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  • The book was an immortal's, clasped in a flexible leather-like cover with thin, transparent pages.

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  • Hands still clasped together tightly beneath her rounded chin, she surveyed download free need for speed full game him with intense interest.

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  • He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring across the crater.

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  • He leaped from his hiding place and clasped it round its neck.

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  • The countess, in dismay, looked up to heaven, clasped her hands, and turned angrily to her husband.

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  • She clasped my hands and kissed either teary cheek.

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  • After a few drinks too many, my drunk husband and two of his buddies decided to climb high up the mast with their beverage cups clasped between their teeth.

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  • Most of the communication comes through pressure on the clasped hands and on the shoulder blade.

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  • If there is a fully-closed dance frame (with only one set of hands clasped) then the "back step" is often done to the side, opening the body.

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  • In Roman times, rings were often carved to symbolize two hands clasped, and other civilizations' rings would be carved with a key in them to symbolize a key to the heart.

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  • The strap is adjustable to accommodate varying degrees of comfort, and can be slung over the shoulder or clasped in the hand.

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  • As they started to tease him, Tim dropped to his knees, clasped his hands together and started to chant in an unintelligible language.

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  • This Casio Baby-G wristwatch is enclosed in a leather bracelet clasped with stainless steel buckle.

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  • It has a leather bracelet clasped with stainless steel buckle and is shock resistant and water resistant up to 100 meters with auto movement, automatic date calendar.

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  • While the definition of the word "bangle" is "a stiff usually ornamental bracelet or anklet slipped or clasped on" or "an ornamental disk that hangs loosely (as on a bracelet)".

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  • These fasteners are firmly clasped to the loops on the watch, forming a watch band.

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  • Your clasped hands should be just under your chin and slightly away from your body.

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  • I arrived to find my friend's father sitting cross-legged on a rock, a knife clasped between his teeth, busily cleaning mackerel.

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  • Darkyn waited beside an open door, hands clasped behind his back in a deceptive display of ease.

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  • Andre clasped his shoulder, bowed his head, and disappeared.

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  • Two of his sisters were waiting, composed and serene in their dark clothing with hands clasped in front of them.

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  • She sat across from Evelyn, who continued to give her the odd look, and clasped her hands together hard to keep them from shaking as they took off.

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  • Sarah gasped and clasped her hands to her chest as Frederick lowered his head.

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  • Turning to leave, her hands clasped to her face in horror upon noticing the painting.

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  • Darian clasped his hands behind his back, and Claire's smile was both triumphant and sweet.

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  • He cooked bare-chested, wearing black chinos, his dark hair clasped at the base of his neck.

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  • The story of Talos, the Cretan man of brass, who heated himself red-hot and clasped strangers in his embrace as soon as they landed on the island, is probably of similar origin.

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  • Mary Thy Mother stopped at the foot of the Cross, but poverty mounted it with Thee and clasped Thee in her embrace unto the end; and when Thou wast dying of thirst, as a watchful spouse she prepared for Thee the gall.

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  • She lifted her and clasped her daughter to her bosom, swathing her in the softness of the dressed deerskin.

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  • With this change, great durability is probably acquired; at least this is the case with the clasped petioles of Clematis vitalba.

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  • After hearing it the devotees clasped their hands, and showered their felicitations on him."

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  • In her behavior to her mother Natasha seemed rough, but she was so sensitive and tactful that however she clasped her mother she always managed to do it without hurting her or making her feel uncomfortable or displeased.

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  • Wrapped around a double clasped bracelet, it has a chronometer with automatic movement, a stunning black dial, a unidirectional rotating bezel and acrystal sapphire crown.

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  • I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm.

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  • At last, however, the sea, as if weary of its new toy, threw me back on the shore, and in another instant I was clasped in my teacher's arms.

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  • His elbows rested on his knees, his hands clasped in front of him.

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