1.   The blue cap he tossed to the floor in order to grasp my hand.

2.   They patted her when they felt like it, grasped her hand.

3.   I crouched by him and grasped his hand, mutely offering what comfort I could.

4.   Jack grasped the hand and shook it firmly.

5.   An aide grasped his hand as he walked slowly across a hotel lobby, smiling and gesturing.

6.   And just before surgery, Chandler said, she would visit each patient, grasp a hand and offer reassurance.

7.   Another time, Miller grasped his hand to his throat in mute declaration that the Knicks had choked.

8.   Armstrong also grasped the hand of his girlfriend, Lisa Shiels, a senior at the University of Texas, throughout most of the press conference.

9.   As the two comforted each other, Gracia Burnham continued to grasp the hand of her daughter, Mindy.

10.   Afterward, the crowd enveloped him as he pecked cheeks, signed autographs and grasped every hand until none were left.