How to use clasp in a sentence

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• The Boy Scout wore a red neckerchief, the ends clasped with a sliding knot ornament.From the entry neckerchief
• E seized Asu and clasped her close, eir eyes closed tightly as e sobbed eir relief.2023, Aimee Ogden, “A Half-Remembered World”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, vol. 145, no. 1-2, whole no. 768 (July/August…. From the entry e
• Women meet in center, clasp right hands, pass right shoulders, and give left hand to opposite man.2015, Anne M. Pittman, Marlys S. Waller, Cathy L. Dark, Dance a While, page 546. From the entry courtesy turn
• She clasped her hands tightly around my back and said, 'Sorry I spoke to you like that.2013, Ma Jian, Beijing Coma, page 128. From the entry cherophobia
• She clasped her hands, made a namaste and said, “Hello, nice meet you.2012, Joshua Doder, Grk Adventures, Yearling Books, →ISBN, page 362. From the entry namaste
• Twenty or so little kids in karate suits stood with their hands clasped as if in prayer.2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.1, at p.9-10. From the entry strip mall
• She finagled her way around so that her arms were now clasped around his neck.2007, Ashley Ezell, Harvest of Hearts, Ashley Ezell, →ISBN, page 124. From the entry finagle
• "After that we'll see." Jake reached out and clasped Walter's shoulder.2006, Michael Beres, chapter 21, in The President’s Nemesis, Palm Beach, Fla.: Medallion Press, →ISBN, page 174. From the entry coppish
• His hands were clasped before him as he leaned forward, eyes wide and tongue aloll.1996, Laura Parker, Risque, page 121. From the entry aloll
• He clasped his hands, looking at me, not exactly underbrow, but still accusingly.1989, Richard Llewellyn, But We Didn't Get the Fox, page 271. From the entry underbrow
• Subject apparently unhooks button, releases clasp, pulls zipper, draws string, unholes button, loosens band.1969, Lawrence Garber, Garber's Tales from the Quarter, page 230. From the entry unhook
• The bogies have orthodox equalised clasp brakes with a separate brake cylinder for each wheel.1960 April, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239. From the entry clasp brake
• He sets the figurine down, clasps his hand to his breast and smiles satisfactually.1952 December, Alice Whitson Norton, “Christmas Eve In A Toy Shop”, in American Childhood, volume 38, number 4, Springfield, M.A.: Milton…. From the entry satisfactually
• Blake picked his teeth reflectively with the point of a clasp knife.1945, Tom Ronan, Strangers on the Ophir, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 110. From the entry clasp-knife
• Miss Lonelyhearts clasped it, and they stood this way, smiling and holding hands, until Mrs.1933, Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts, London: Picador Classics. From the entry reënter
• With some difficulty, the magistra managed to undo the clasp.2015, Paul E. Horsman, Rhidauna: The Shadow of the Revenaunt, Book 1, Red Rune Books, →ISBN. From the entry magistra
• Coral clasped her hands, gave a Mary Poppins-esque click of her heels and launched into a well-rehearsed speech.2015, Christine Melville Kenworthy, Gathering Nuts, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry Mary Poppins-esque
• “Drop your trousers!” I loosened the clasp on my prison greys and my trouser dropped to my ankles.2013, Constantine Buller, Operation Dolby, page 266. From the entry greys
• She clasped her hands in front of her chest.2013, Donna Kauffman, Sugar Rush, page 138. From the entry by the moment
• He clasped Matthew tightly on the shoulder.2012, Johanna Hill, Song of the Rose, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry chausse
• You will find no latches or clasps.2009, Trina Lane, Shield's Submissive. From the entry eternity collar
• But tonight the Union veteran of Maryland clasps hands with the rebel veteran of Missouri, and the gap is closed.2006, Mark Twain, Paul Fatout, Mark Twain Speaking, →ISBN, page 219. From the entry ring down the curtain
• Vancha clasped the bare of my neck and squeezed amiably.2002, Darren Shan, Hunters of the dusk: 7. From the entry bare
• The first one (looks like Yoda, clasping a teddy bear) has passed its sell-by date and has grown moldy.2002 May 17, Jadite, “SQUICK: Auntie Moo and more dolled-up fetii”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet). From the entry fetii
• Her hair is drawn back under a heavy enamelled clasp.1994, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 6, in The Master of Petersburg, New York: Viking, page 55. From the entry loosen
• He loosens the clasp and lays it on the table.1994, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 6, in The Master of Petersburg, New York: Viking, page 55. From the entry loosen
• He sits in a deep soft comfortable armchair, with his eyes closed and his hands clasped behind his head.1991, Charles J. Fillmore, ““Corpus Linguistics” or “Computer-aided armchair linguistics””, in Werner Winter, editor, Directions in Corpus…. From the entry armchair linguistics
• A male god stands in three-quarter view to right, wearing a chlamys fastened at his right shoulder with a round clasp.1977, Mary Carol Sturgeon, Sculpture: the Reliefs from the Theater, page 38. From the entry chlamys
• He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.1958, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 11, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary, collector’s edition, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books…. From the entry retain
• He felt Lily go rigid beneath the arm he had clasped about her, but that painted smile stayed on her face.c. 1953, H. A. DeRosso, .44 (page 143). From the entry painted
• In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC. From the entry conglutination
• Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?1935, Berta Ruck, A Story-Teller Tells the Truth, Hutchinson, page 266. From the entry nova
• His hands were clasped behind his back.1926, Waldo Frank (as Search-Light), chapter 4, in Time Exposures, page 42. From the entry gesticulant
• The contracting couple are clasping their right hands, while the officiating bridesmatron stands behind them with her hands on their shoulders.1924, The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, volume 19, page 241. From the entry bridesmatron
• The aged sisters draw us into life: we wail, batten, sport, clip, clasp, sunder, dwindle, die: over us dead they bend.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry sepulchre
• They flushed hotly as they met by chance and their hands touched in the slack clasp of an ebbed friendship.1917 January, Leonora Orem Rocheleau, “The Great Equation”, in The Mother's Magazine, volume 12, number 1, page 41. From the entry ebbed

Meaning of clasp

1. noun A device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
2. noun A bar or insignia on a medal ribbon, to either indicate an additional award of the medal, or the action or service for which it was awarded.
3. noun An embrace, a grasp, or handshake.

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Questions about clasp in a sentence

How do you use clasp in a sentence?

Clasp is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I always have a hard time working the clasp on this necklace!”

What is a short sentence with clasp?

“He clasped Matthew tightly on the shoulder.”

What does clasp mean?

Clasp means a device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.