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Clasped meaning

simple past and past participle of clasp

Using Clasped

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of clasp
  • In the example corpus, clasped often appears in combinations such as: hands clasped, clasped in, clasped his.

Context around Clasped

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Clasped

  • In this selection, "clasped" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, hands, qusai, mother, hands, behind and told stand out and add context to how "clasped" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include clasped in his and hands qusai clasped his phone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clasped" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clasped

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Clasped in his hand was an unclaimed winning ticket. (9 words)

Biden took to Twitter to post a photograph showing their hands clasped together. (13 words)

Listening to her classmates,High, of Glen Allen, smiled and clasped her hands together. (14 words)

A man – possibly a member of the touring crew who was eating a hamburger on his own – rushed over to give her a guitar pick which Liberty clasped to her heart, thinking Taylor Swift had personally asked him to give it to her. (43 words)

No fair maiden awaited him at the end of his trial in life, but upon his death, no doubt, the gentle arms of Christ’s mother clasped him, bringing him to the throne room of her Son. (37 words)

McCormick believed since he overcame his own struggle with alcohol abuse 30 years ago, his story could serve as proof that a more productive life was possible, even for those tightly clasped in the grasp of addiction. (37 words)

Danielson breaks clean, back to the lockup, into a test of strength, Bryan converts it to a wristlock, picks a leg, looking for a cross armbar but Okada keeps his hands clasped! (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

In the small office of a lieutenant fire colonel, Dimitris Lykidis, a middle-aged, heavyset man with blackened hands, Qusai clasped his phone quietly.

No fair maiden awaited him at the end of his trial in life, but upon his death, no doubt, the gentle arms of Christ’s mother clasped him, bringing him to the throne room of her Son.

Stunned onlookers wept and wandered the scene with hands clasped above the head in horror and disbelief.

A man – possibly a member of the touring crew who was eating a hamburger on his own – rushed over to give her a guitar pick which Liberty clasped to her heart, thinking Taylor Swift had personally asked him to give it to her.

A teary-eyed Golda, grabbing our hands and gesticulating with hers clasped, told us how much she would long for us — the College Network “kids” — to come back on next year’s trip.

Community members submitted designs for this year's logo, "Dime Pierson created a symbol of woven threads and clasped hands, which express the theme Threads of Unity.

Danielson breaks clean, back to the lockup, into a test of strength, Bryan converts it to a wristlock, picks a leg, looking for a cross armbar but Okada keeps his hands clasped!

Garland appeared nearly overcome by emotion at one point when asked about the department’s role in upholding the rule of law, pausing with his hands clasped on the table in front of him.

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McCormick believed since he overcame his own struggle with alcohol abuse 30 years ago, his story could serve as proof that a more productive life was possible, even for those tightly clasped in the grasp of addiction.

Out front, Liam hunched over the microphone stand, hands clasped behind his back like a modern-day Richard III, malevolent, ambitious, eyes on the throne.

Biden took to Twitter to post a photograph showing their hands clasped together.

In front of each one, Hezbollah volunteers wearing hazmat suits, gloves and masks stood silently in the spring sunshine, hands clasped before them.

Your heart feels so close to the palm of the hand that’s clasped to your chest that it might jump on out and tumble off the bed, still pulsing in the moonlight.

Both videos, she added, show that instead of releasing Mr. Garner, Officer Pantaleo clasped his hands and pulled his arms back toward the unarmed man’s neck.

Clasped in his hand was an unclaimed winning ticket.

He appeared in court Friday, standing before the judge in an orange jumpsuit, with his hands clasped behind his back.

In a simple striped shirt and cargo pants, and with wavy platinum locks clasped away in an effortless ponytail, she mimicked the audience’s fashion sense.

Listening to her classmates,High, of Glen Allen, smiled and clasped her hands together.

Posted along with several other Polaroid photos, the tattoo pic reveals a pair of hands clasped in prayer with a rosary hanging down from them.

Their clasped hands cement the central bond of the heart-like symbol, reassuring viewers that Sherald is embracing the future and creating something new but still carries with her the knowledge of her past.

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Common combinations with clasped

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clasped" in a sentence?
An example: "In the small office of a lieutenant fire colonel, Dimitris Lykidis, a middle-aged, heavyset man with blackened hands, Qusai clasped his phone quietly." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "clasped" from authentic English texts.
What does "clasped" mean?
Clasped means: simple past and past participle of clasp
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