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grasping

/ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act of one who grasps or covets.

Plural graspings

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“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other’s hands with his own.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 24 · C1
Matthew, however, was spared the ordeal of speaking first, for as soon as she concluded that he was coming to her she stood up, grasping with one thin brown hand the handle of a shabby, old-fashioned carpet-bag; the other she held out to him.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 14 · C1
Her hands were grasping the arms of her chair, and I saw that the pink nails had turned white with the pressure of her grip.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 183 · C1
I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 192 · C1

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