clasped

Mrs. Peterkin clasped her hands to her head and exclaimed: "I am thankful the lady from Philadelphia is not here!"

The Peterkin Papers Lucretia Peabody 1886

I saw that she lay in the position of old knightly tomb figures, her legs crossed at the ankles, a long black sword clasped between her breasts and a red sandstone bowl on her chest from which rose a willowy plume of smoke.

The Skrayling Tree Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 2003

And at the top of the glen, there beside the tree where he'd earlier sat to meditate, Lord Tellin Windglimmer stood, a long sword clasped in his two hands.

Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

She turned and glared balefully at Thomas Fraser, serene under his helm, with the hilt of his sword clasped under crossed hands.

Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992

His great sword clasped in both hands, he swung it sideways at the golem's torso, which seemed to be its weakest point.

The Weird Of The White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

His great sword clasped in both hands, he swung it sideways at the golem's torso, which seemed to be its weakest point.

The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

After them followed the nurses, carrying the babies, and each baby had a gold coin clasped tight in its little fat hand.

Jerry's Reward Evelyn Snead Barnett

He turned and buried his face in his arm, and unable to thank him I stepped outside of the tent and stood looking up at the stars, with my grandfather's sword clasped close in my hands.

Captain Macklin Richard Harding Davis 1890

As Anne K. Mellor points out (in her introduction to the novel, p. xxiv), it may be significant that Verney succumbs to the plague when, heearing a moan, he compassionately but incautiously enters a dark room where he is 'clasped' by a

Note: Mellor 2002

“And when it buzzed, you clasped your hands together to hide it and frowned at the guy in front of you.”

Skipping a Beat Sarah Pekkanen 2011