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Clasped

Clasp \Clasp\ (kl[.a]sp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped (kl[.a]spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]

  1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

  2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

  3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. ``Clasping ivy.''
    --Milton.

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clasped

vb. (en-past of: clasp)

Usage examples of "clasped".

She wasn't ready, and his entry was painful, but she pushed her fingers into his hair and clasped his head, trying to give him what comfort she could, though she didn't know what was wrong.

Shocked at herself, she kept her eyes determinedly on the shoulder seam of his jacket and tried not to think of the strength she could feel in the hand that clasped hers, or in the one that pressed so lightly on the small of her back.

Short, harsh cries tore from his throat as his satisfac­tion thundered through him, and he clasped her to him with a wild strength that made her gasp for breath, as if he could meld her flesh with his for all time.

When the door was closed behind her, she sat down on the bed and clasped her hands on her knees, every muscle in her body quivering in delight.

She sat down on her bed and clasped her hands tightly together when she noticed how they were trembling.

In the darkness he told her he loved her, and when they finally slept, he held her clasped to his side.

Claire started to suggest that they forget about dancing, but he clasped her hand in his and drew her to him with his other arm, and she decided to dance this one dance.

When the door closed behind them, she sat down at her desk again and clasped her shaking hands to still them.

Her head fell sideways against his shoulder, her gentle breath warming his flesh through his shirt, and he stood still for a moment with her clasped in his arms, his eyes almost closed as he drank in her nearness, the softness of her body in his arms and the faint, elusive sweetness of her skin.

Within ten minutes he could have her begging him for it, and he'd be inside her, clasped by those long, sleek, dancer's legs.

He made a rough sound deep in his throat and clasped her to him, rolling once again until she was beneath him.

When the time came he clasped her to him, holding himself deep within her while she turned her face into the pillow to stifle the sounds she made, then he thrust deep and hard and shuddered with his own release.

The need was so urgent that it smothered everything else in the world except the woman he held in his arms, the woman whose slim body clasped him so tightly and pushed him to the edge of insanity.

She waited for him to cup his hands for her to step into, but instead he clasped her around the waist and effortlessly lifted her.

He could feel her thighs trembling as they clasped his body, and she bit her lips to hold back a moan, lest anyone hear them.