He held onto the handholds tightly while the brief but violent winds buffeted him.
He crawled over the surface in the same way that an Alpine climber might crawl up the side of a steep slope--seeking handholds and toeholds and using them to propel himself onward.
Reach above and get handholds on the rock projections first.
Whereas the chimney was almost perpendicular, here, by bending forward and aiding progress with occasional handholds on bushes and rocky outcroppings, it was possible to do more than merely creep forward.
There were nohandholds there--only the friction of a man's body in the tube.
A lot of the handholds were missing, and he had to throw himself along by erratic leaps.
The principle of safe climbing is to maintain always three points of suspension: that it to say, one should keep either both footholds and one handhold, or both handholds and one foothold.
It is impossible for him to see the slight footholds orhandholds on which he must put his trust, and weight.
Snow swirled down the cliffs, plastering rocks and ledges until both footholds and handholds were hidden.
The detective held on to the handholds tightly while the brief but violent winds buffeted him.
The bridge was no more than a ribbon of plastic with handholds at each side; it swayed gently in the breeze.
Happy rising, Alan," called a high, sharp voice as he headed past the blue-painted handholds of Gravity Deck 12 on his way toward the mess hall.
Suddenly she gave a forward plunge, and the boys now learned for what purpose several handholds were attached to the cabin walls!
The passage could only be made by fits and starts, and the boy for the first time realized the necessity of the handholds placed at frequent intervals on the cabin walls, to which reference has already been made.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handholds" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
