The phrase "after gripping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that occurs following the act of gripping something, often in a narrative or descriptive context.
Example: "After gripping the handle tightly, she took a deep breath and prepared to lift the weight."
Alternatives: "following the grip" or "once grasped".
Did you eat or otherwise put your fingers in your mouth after gripping the pole on the subway or after throwing a slobbery ball for your dog? Did you put your mobile phone down on the table at a coffee shop — or on top of the toilet-paper dispenser in a public restroom — and then put it up to your mouth to take a call?
It may be a cliche to "white knuckle" your way through something, but my knuckles were nearly translucent after gripping for dear life to the chain rope up the final section of the cliff.
"It would be a rare opportunity to actually shake Ohtani's hand, so this is great," said Katsuji Natori, a 61-year-old office worker, after gripping Ohtani's hand mold.
Angelique Kerber is your US Open champion after a gripping third-set fightback against Karolina Pliskova.
So a 2-2 draw in a crazy-rollercoaster of a one-day series, after a gripping Test series to boot.
HE SAYS it himself: expectations have been high since he became president in October, after a gripping election showed how Indonesia's democratic politics are impressively robust.
They had finished the 72 holes on two under after a gripping final round that saw the lead change hands between those two, Lee Westwood and Chris Wood.
Andrew Talansky was the surprise winner of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Sunday as he held off the two-times Tour de France winner Alberto Contador after a gripping finale on the eighth stage.
After five gripping Tests, in which every ball had been followed on terrestrial television by an absorbed nation, Andrew Flintoff, Kevin Pietersen, Michael Vaughan, Steve Harmison — even Ashley Giles, at a push — pounded their way on to an open-top bus and confirmed their sporting celebrity.
After all, gripping the iPad isn't the most natural thing in the world.
Reigning champions Wigan, missing a host of first-team regulars because of injury, registered the first points of the game after 15 gripping minutes, with Gelling claiming a high ball to touch down.
