(1) I think we are still trying to understand all that and I think that fits under the broader topic of social licence and what bringing in automation to an area does to that region as a whole, which we don’t quite know yet.” Could carbon farming be the answer for a 'clapped-out' Australia?
(2) Both the Labour and Conservative parties have constantly and repeatedly failed to honour promises they have made about reforming, cleaning, modernising our clapped-out system."
(3) Jan Krcmar observes: "Hang on a minute there, Drogba just clearly clapped his hands!
(4) When the news came through that all US personnel were uninjured, Manning's colleagues all cheered and clapped.
(5) And religious guru Asaram Bapu suggested that the victim was not blameless, asking provocatively: "Can one hand clap?"
(6) She excitedly described how all the women were singing and clapping as they waited together in a communal cell.
(7) The miner's wife, Siân James, is to his left, staring directly at him, clapping too, looking as though she cannot believe her eyes.
(8) "The two men high-five each other, clap their hands, and do what looks like an extraordinary dance of celebration that lasts for three minutes.
(9) The hour-long event at the gates of the city hall concluded with a two-minute "no silence" where participants whistled, shouted, clapped and played musical instruments.
(10) Bolt wrote: “(Note: part of the Q&A audience actually clapped Mallah.
(11) There's an extraordinary array of high performance models that can do almost anything, but there's also a lot of clapped-out old bangers from the former communist bloc that can leak, break down and possibly even explode.
(12) When you go out on stage and people clap you, that's a mood-altering experience.
(13) "The problem comes down to a whole range of clapped-out rules and arrangements.
(14) She might not clap that line but the truth is the audience know I’m being sincere in the fact I’m just literally saying what I think.
(15) The obtained CLAP values in five healthy subjects and five patients with chronic liver disease coincided well (r greater than 0.9994) with those generated by the use of an established method.
(16) My friends and I clapped,” said Rukhmini Puri, a history student, as she emerged with her friends from a cinema in Nehru Place in Delhi, the Indian capital.
(17) The protests were so effective at associating clapping with dissent that the traditional 3 July independence day military parade was held without applause with only the brass bands of the military puncturing the silence .
(18) The players came in last so that we could clap them – and then he came.
(19) The orchestra plays a march and they accompany with clapping and stamping."
(20) Eubank Senior’s clapping grew more insistent as the crowd began to boo, rightly so.
Clasp
Definition:
(v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
(v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
(v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
(n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
(n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
Example Sentences:
(1) This permitted employment of cast combined crowns with wide perigingival metal rims to support the clasp dentures to make them look better when supplying 73 patients with partial removable dentures.
(2) The RPI clasp assembly generated the most uniform stresses.
(3) The author uses his experience as a certified dental technician to discuss arch and tooth preparation, clasping, and proper impression technique.
(4) Tightening of clasps already in contact with a tooth frequently produces adverse changes.
(5) Fabrication of a provisional restoration to fit the existing clasp assembly requires special consideration.
(6) Differences between frameworks, number of clasps, and depth of undercuts were all significant.
(7) It was concluded that the gingivally approaching clasp is potentially damaging.
(8) He was pictured standing silently with his hands clasped and holding his order of service as others around him sang God Save the Queen, and was later forced to confirm that he would sing the anthem at future events.
(9) The abutment tooth is then prepared, providing adequate clearance between the clasp assembly and the tooth preparation.
(10) The following therapeutic proposal was adapted: On the maxilla, a three-step procedure: first step: building of metal copings on 13, 16 and 26 and metal-ceramic crowns on 11 and 21, second step: building of telescop crowns on 16 and 26 and clasps on 13, 11 and 21, third step: casting of the removable partial denture framework and soldering to the telescop crowns and clasps.
(11) A certain degree of deterioration of occlusion, articulation, stability and clasp retention of the dentures fitted did occur, however.
(12) In a 16-year-old girl, congenital extensor deficiency of the hand with absence of true clasping of the thumb was transmitted by an autosomal dominant mechanism of inheritance.
(13) Loads applied to the denture saddle were transmitted through the occlusal rest and also the clasp components causing movement of both denture saddle and the abutment tooth.
(14) The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the material and the variation among individual technicians in the retentive force of both clasps.
(15) In the case of soldering electrically wrought wire clasps to metal structures such as rests and connectors, there is no fear of of overheating a wide area of wires.
(16) The patient tries to smile, but her fingers are clasped together while her nails claw at the flesh on the back of her hands, and the tears continue to pour down.
(17) Blindfolded subjects clasped the opposite surfaces of an object with the same frontal profile as the visual figure between thumb and forefinger and moved the latter together from end to end across the object.
(18) They really ought to have done more, bearing in mind Pantilimon had needed three attempts to clasp a low cross from Chelsea's first attack of any real threat, 21 minutes into the game.
(19) After testimony finished for the day he stood for the jury’s exit, his hands clasped, staring down at the desk in front of him.
(20) clasps give only small vibration when the path of removal is adjusted.