Crossword clues for clasping
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
To surround and cling to; to entwine about. ``Clasping ivy.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
n. The act by which something is clasped. vb. (present participle of clasp English)
Usage examples of "clasping".
Before she had a chance to avoid him he was standing before her, his hard, warm hands clasping her elbows and she quivered at his touch.
The fingers clasping her neck tightened warningly and she opened her eyes.
He reached out abruptly and took Sallie's free hand, clasping it firmly in his long fingers.
Before it was too late, he drew his hand back, but the need to touch her drove him to reach for her again, clasping her slim waist and pulling her to him.
The realization that she was so vulnerable to him frightened her, and instinctively she withdrew behind a quiet, polite, blank wall as he led her back out to the car, his hand still clasping hers in what would have been a comforting grip if she had noticed it, but she paid no attention to his touch.
When they were outside he whirled her around and flattened her against the wall, holding her there with both hands clasping her rib cage.
With her knees clasping his hips, acting on instinct, she held the thick shaft in position and slowly sank down on him, guiding their bodies together.
Resigned, he parked the Jeep and came around to open the door for Maris, clasping his hands around her narrow waist and lifting her to the ground.
She stood stock-still, as if paralyzed by his hands clasping her waist.
Still clasping the coffee cup, holding it like a shield between them, she swallowed and managed to say, "What are you talking about?
His mind was on that searing, gut-wrenching moment when he first entered her, feeling the small resistance of her tight flesh, the giving, the enveloping, then the wet, clasping heat and his senses exploding.
Automatically her body responded, rising and falling, her thighs clasping his hips, flexing as she lifted herself almost completely off him only to slide back down.
He stopped as if he'd hit a wall, a strange, high-pitched wheezing sound escaping from his throat as he folded over, both hands clasping his crotch.
She drew her legs up, clasping them around his hips, trying to contain both the depth of his strokes and the wildness of her response.
Kelly and Nrrna joined the hug, insinuating themselves into the embrace and clasping their hands across to one another.