1. clasping - Noun
2. clasping - Verb
of Clasp
Source: Webster's dictionaryShe bowed her head, clasping her hands tightly before her upon the arm of his chair, for her heart yearned towards him, yet could not reach him, and it made her throat ache with unhappiness to meet that look of his that rested on her face without seeing it. Georgette Heyer
Okay," I said, clasping her hand. "I swear it. The next time I do something stupid that might get me killed, you can come along. Richelle Mead
She fell asleep, lying there, her hand clasping his. Her last awareness, before she surrendered the responsibility of consciousness, was the sense of an enormous void, the void of a city and of a continent, where she would never be able to find the man whom she had no right to seek. Ayn Rand
Eva is perfectly content with her academic research,” said Diana. "She just isn't interested in power. As I say those sentences,” she added, clasping her knees to her chest, "I can tell they're both wrong. Aren't they? Of course she's interested in power. Adam Roberts
In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults. They frolic with animals, caress them, share with them feelings neither has words for. Have they ever stroked any adult with the love they bestow on a cat? Hugged any grownup with the ecstasy they feel when clasping a puppy? Jessamyn West
The graceful ivy, clasping the oak that supported it, would form a whole in which strength and beauty would be equally conspicuous. Mary Wollstonecraft