as in grip
the act or manner of holding
she tried to maintain her tight handhold on the umbrella as the wind picked up
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Recent Examples of handhold
Rear access step While other automakers already offered steps that fold out from beneath for easy access to the bed, Ford has long offered a step — and handhold that deployed from the tailgate’s top when it was lowered to get into the bed.
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2024
The last handhold, maybe there's potential for what's going to happen with Tom as CEO,' or something like that.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2023
Three proteins find handholds on CLOCK and BMAL1 around 10 p.m., silencing them and stripping them from the genome.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
This could also be a safety type of handhold between friends or a parent and child, Henderson explains.
—Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
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Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 22 May 2024
The last handhold, maybe there's potential for what's going to happen with Tom as CEO,' or something like that.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2023
Three proteins find handholds on CLOCK and BMAL1 around 10 p.m., silencing them and stripping them from the genome.
—Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
This could also be a safety type of handhold between friends or a parent and child, Henderson explains.
—Jessica Migala, Women's Health, 14 Aug. 2023
See all Example Sentences for handhold
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“Handhold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handhold. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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