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handclasp AmE

It is a comfortable model to use, with a good handgrip.

It meant I'd have no handgrip on the rope at all.

Two feet beyond, his eyes spotted another handgrip; this one was smaller.

The magazine release is on the heel of the handgrip.

Then he saw the handgrip and the markings that ran below it.

Inside is a black metal tube with a shoulder rest and a handgrip.

It was too easy to lose a handgrip on them in the frenzy of a race.

Charlie was forced to move slowly, one handgrip at a time toward the mess.

To lean the motorcycle, press on the handgrip in the direction of the turn.

A red spot high on the pistol's handgrip winked out of view.

The last thing he put into his handgrip was the packet of letters that had caught up with him some days before.

It had a wide barrel like a tube and a metal handgrip.

He took a long breath and slowly eased the handgrip out of the litter.

A worn brown chain running up the central column provided the only handgrip.

This presented him with a handgrip in the middle and blades extending from either side of his right hand.

The handgrip on the door accepted his fingers easily.

Lao slid her hand down the butt to the handgrip.

Once across he located a handgrip and swung himself into the open airlock.

Her right hand popped a molded handgrip from the stock of the rod.

Morn waited in the passage, holding a handgrip outside the door.

Stevens was forced to steady himself by clutching at a handgrip.

His fingers twisted the handgrip of the Tommy gun.

Or on half of it, anyway, leaving the blunter end to serve as my handgrip.

We have this system of parallel bars at handgrip height maybe two and a half feet apart.

He opened his eyes and used the steel handgrip on the canopy rail to pull himself around to look behind.

Maybe the handclasp was all he wanted at the moment.

His hand came forward in the position for the handclasp.

He went to each of them in turn with a word, a handclasp, a smile.

I considered the use of the handclasp, and decided against it.

I understand that this handclasp is a form of greeting.

She took the firm handclasp, met the man's anxious eyes.

With a handclasp they took leave of one another.

I asked, when we had gone through the customary forms of speech and handclasps.

And for all her look of fragility, the woman's handclasp had strength.

Still, his handclasp was strong as he greeted the current Enterprise officers.

I shook hands all around - a rustling handclasp of course - then was on my way.

His desire to avoid the handclasp served a double purpose.

She shook hands with both: identical handclasps, cool and limp.

Quick, final handclasps, and the general trotted away to join his army.

I could feel her handclasp warm in my palm.

Harry surveyed the speaker, who gave him the friendly handclasp.

Brooks nodded and hurried from the office, after a quick handclasp.

The physician received the crook's handclasp within the door of the apartment.

Curiously, Flower found his handclasp welcome, and not at all frightening.

There was a quick round of hugs, handclasps, and kisses.

When Ben introduced himself, however, the eyes became lively, and his handclasp was welcoming.

But once done, it became the long handclasp of two very old and very close friends reunited.

Chen got to his feet, then leaned across the desk, returning the General's firm handclasp.

Was he imagining a slight extra pressure in her handclasp as she said good-bye?

I had been waiting to welcome him; as I made myself known, he gave me a handclasp and a smile.