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
These may include handholds for incline pushups, footrests for decline pushups or both.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
Simple adaptations, such as adding handholds onto the walls in a spacecraft, can provide vital assistance.
—Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
So, too, was Stella specifically designed to support Menzel and her costars’ mid-air endeavors: Special attention was paid to carving covert handholds into her bark.
—Luna Adler, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Four semicircular notches along one side appeared very like handholds.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
Simple adaptations, such as adding handholds onto the walls in a spacecraft, can provide vital assistance.
—Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
So, too, was Stella specifically designed to support Menzel and her costars’ mid-air endeavors: Special attention was paid to carving covert handholds into her bark.
—Luna Adler, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
Four semicircular notches along one side appeared very like handholds.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handhold
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handhold
Noun
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In an increasingly crowded sports month, the lighthearted newcomer will help baseball keep its grip on the public consciousness.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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New data showed manufacturing contracted this month, but less than expected, a hopeful indication that authorities may be coming to grips with industrial overcapacity.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Fellow defensive tackle Daron Payne missed another on Atlanta’s subsequent series, and Jacob Martin let Robinson slip through his grasp on a second-and-1 run that turned into a four-yard gain.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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However, with the game largely out of grasp before the first series of the second half, Hubbard and Dowdle continued to take a backseat on offense.—
Mike Kaye
September 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Handhold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handhold. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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