He was obliged to hide his face, he lifted up his clasped hands to heaven, and was in great emotions during all this part of the relation; while Lord Lovel groaned, and seemed in great agitation.
She held it carefully in her claspedhands and thought what a pity it would be to eat it, because then it would be gone.
But as Peregrine and Patience crept softly between the great pine trees of the wood, they clasped each other's hands more tightly, and started to see a red-winged bird dart out of the branches.
The two men watched him intently, Winthrop always playing with his wig, Williams leaning out with hands clasped over a massive Bible held upon his knee.
Within the grass-roofed cabin another fire glowed, and beside it Madeleine entertained the guest, her white hands clasped upon her knee, her eyes lustrous as she listened to the tale of adventure which her young companion had to tell.
There they clasped hands, and in the act of farewell Flower slipped into Viner's hand a little black stone marked with a vein of chalk.
Hough forgot his sternness, and laughed aloud as he clasped the gunner's hand.
They were standing opposite to each other with clasped hands, and they separated with a start at a sharp bark from Adam Bede's dog.
The next instant the boat was no longer seen upon the water, and brother and sister had gone down in an embrace never to be parted; living through again in one supreme moment the days when they had clasped their little hands in love.
Imprinting on his lips a sacred kiss, Undine clasped the knight in her arms, weeping as if she would weep her very soul away.
She murmured my name, and as I clasped her her lips sought mine, and we poured our souls out in a kiss.
And then Nan uttered a sudden shriek and flew towards the battered remains of her doll, which she clasped in her arms.
The Captain noticed it, and holding out his hand, clasped hers.
She claspedhold of Mr. Pryor's hand and held it to her heart, and she looked round for Phoebe, who in her shabby frock was standing on the outskirts of the group.
She crept into her bedroom, took Sophia Maria from between the sheets, clasped her in her arms, and sitting down by the fire, called to Jack to come and make friends.
She ran downstairs, clasped her doll to her heart, and crouching over the fire, presently fell asleep.
At this juncture Nora rushed to Sally's basket, took Jack from his mother, and clasped him tight in her arms.
I would not give up dear Sophia Maria for anybody on earth," said Nan in a determined voice; and now she went back and clasped her ragged and disreputable-looking baby to her breast.
She trembled all over as she clasped it to her heart, bowed to her mistress, said "Thank you" in a tremulous voice, and went back to her seat.
She forgot Sophia Maria (the neglected doll was thrown on the nearest chair), and the next instant the little pup was clasped in the girl's arms.
She clasped her hands together; her eyes, brimful of tears, were fixed on the window.
The doll was clasped to her breast; her sallow little face looked more sallow than usual, and Mrs. Richmond noticed how black and long were the lashes that rested against her cheeks.
He stopped, and suddenly raised his claspedhands to heaven.
But Charles sat up with his hands clasped round his knees, his eyes intently fixed upon the Indian village.
The light leaped into his eyes; his long, thin hands clasped and unclasped themselves as stirring thoughts swept over him.
She clasped the hands that held hers and pressed them closely.
To avoid shaking hands with her visitor, she carried her ownclasped in front of her, with the fingers interlaced.
And one day--" she stopped, and as though appalled by the memory, clasped her hands.
With her elbows on the arms of her chair, she clasped her hands under her chin and leaned forward.
Her head was bent upon her left arm, her right hand lightly clasped the edge of the table.
With clasped hands, knit brows, and brimming eyes the poor child knelt to embrace the wet and bruised head.
Musing with downcast eyes, hands clasped behind his back, and head uncovered, to and fro on the terrace paced Mr. Heath.
The screw stirred the clear water, and I was left gazing stupidly at the receding form of my old patron as he stood with his placid handsclasped behind him.
Isabella was not looking at him, but at her quiet hands clasped together on her lap.
Isabella sat with her still, white hands clasped in her lap, and looked towards the gate that had caused this childish breach; but I could not see the expression on her face.
After this qualified statement Isabella sat with her firm white hands clasped together in idleness on her lap.
The newspapers brought daily reports of denunciations for "lese majeste," and when Schrotter read them he clasped his hands in horrified dismay and exclaimed, "Are we in Germany?
They were always together, their eyes always fixed on one another, their hands as often as possible clasped in each other's.
Had he understood the look, and been of a bold nature, he would have clasped the girl to his breast and kissed her.
He made as if to draw away from the boy, who stood staring nervously at him, but the next moment his natural love of children prevailed, and he clasped the sweet little fellow to his breast.
My sweetest Pilar," he answered, and clasped her to his breast.
On alighting next morning at the station in Hamburg, Wilhelm found himselfclasped in a pair of strong arms and pressed to a magnificent fur coat.
Moved and touched, he clasped her to his heart in silence.
So intent was he on flogging, that as he neared the ring he dropped his piece of cane, and his horse, stopping suddenly just underneath the arch, would have unseated him had he not claspedit round the neck.
Right in the middle of a little square the friar lay shot through the forehead, his sword beside him, and with the flag clasped tightly to his breast.
Standing so close that one well-creased trouser leg disappeared in the tight skirt, he clasped her round the waist, holding her hand almost before her face.
Gervaise sat with her hands clasped convulsively, breathless with fear, expecting to hear a cry of rage from the street and see one of the two men fall to the ground.
When her husband first appeared with her former lover she had clasped her hands over her forehead with that instinctive gesture with which in a great storm one waits for the approach of the thunderclap.
Gervaise clasped her hands imploringly, but he shook his head, saying that discussion was useless; besides, just then it would be a disrespect to the dead.
With her two hands clasped around the handle of the brush she pushed the water before her toward the door.
The medical evidence says deceased was lying with his hands clasped behind his head.
Her clasped hands went to her eyes and she prayed silently: "Keep me apart, O Lord, keep me pure and apart!
Leaning slightly forward she clasped her large white hands upon her knees; and the position, while she kept it, showed plainly the rounded ample length of her figure.
I clasped him in my arms, and kissed him a thousand times, with the most violent emotions of woe; but I was torn from his embrace, and in a little time he was ravished for ever from my view.
He ran towards me with all the eagerness of passion, and clasped me in his arms; he kneeled by the bedside, and kissed my hand a thousand times, and wept with transports of tenderness and joy.
My knees sought her own, my body cleaved to hers, my mouth pressed against her own, I clasped her in a furious embrace.
It seems to me that she is down on her knees before me, with clasped hands.
Motionless, with clasped hands he was looking at something I knew not what .
But before he could get his straw hat Wilton had clasped him by the knees, and in a voice of agony was beseeching him to relent.
In an instant Walter was on his knees beside him, his head bent over his clasped hands.
The countess with a cry of joy sprang forward, and the next moment was clasped in her husband's arms.
As the light fell on his face Andrew started, and, as Ronald smiled, ran forward and clasped him in his arms.
In a moment Andrew ran down and clasped his brother's hand.
Two paid assassins chanced upon the loving couple one day, clasped in each other's arms, in a summer-house in a remote part of the Bentivoglio gardens!
She, so to speak, clasped the lovely young Venetian to her bosom.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clasped" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
