691 collocations for grasps

he said, as he grasped my hand.

Gifford grasped Kelson's arm.

To understand the developments of the devotion, it is important to grasp the fact that the Ave Maria was merely a form of greeting.

" Fan Ch'i did not quite grasp his meaning.

His mind utterly refused to grasp the situation.

" "So do I." Mugford, who was always rather slow at grasping a new idea, opened his eyes in astonishment.

And, in a while, being come to the road once more, he became aware that he yet grasped his sword and beheld its bright steel dimmed here and there with blood, and, as he gazed, his brow grew dark and troubled.

Jack's powerful left hand seized his wrist and twisted the revolver from it Then, still grasping the wrist, the lad wheeled on his heel.

But he begins to grasp real scientific truth from his experiences with the elements which have for him such a mysterious attraction; by the very contact with water something in the child responds to its stimulus.

I asked myself; not at once grasping the grim significance of that little hill of ash.

The little chubby hands that grasped the handle of the pail timidly crept closer together, and by the time they had reached the rugged top, it needed but one warm embrace to mingle the two souls into one, henceforth forever.

If we have grasped the principle I have endeavored to state in the last chapter we shall find that with this new standpoint a new life and a new world begin to open out to us.

" He stopped, and his gaze wandered round the hushed court till it rested on the prisoner, who with his hands grasping the rail of the dock had leaned forward in order to catch every word.

The moment the fellow disappeared I grasped the opportunity.

In an instant, I was on my feet, and grasping my rifle.

Then, grasping my weapon again, and shouting instinctively the war-cry of another world, I sprang into the midst of the enemy.

To grasp fully its powers and possibilities requires a clear, definite understanding of its spirit, scope, plan, and purpose, and its attitude toward the Federal Government.

Go carefully enough into the past meanings of the italicized words to make sure you grasp the author's thought.

You cannot fall, and if your horse should show any signs of actual misbehavior, you would find your master at your right hand, with fingers of steel to grasp your reins, and a voice accustomed to command obedience from quadrupeds, howsoever little of it he may be able to obtain at first from well-meaning bipeds.

He grasped the rope, and that instant his boat sank like a rock!

Godfrey looked up and down the street, saw that for the moment there was no one near, inserted the pliers in the key-hole, grasped the end of the key, and turned it slowly.

A heavy hand grasped his shoulder and swung him around, while old Bob West, panting for Breath, exclaimed: "Stop, you foolstop!

" As he vanished, I turned to the girl, who had arisen to her feet, one hand grasping the edge of the table to balance herself against the pitching of the deck.

And yet she stood stock-still and rigid, while her heart hastened and leaped and her mind sought to grasp the thing to do.

And the blind man stood with down-bent head, one hand grasping the staff, his other arm hid within his wide sleeve, what time Roger watched him furtive and askance, and moreover, his bow-stave shook and quivered in his grasp; as for Beltane, he stood as one lost in happy thought, upon his lips a smile ineffably tender.

691 collocations for  grasps