BALABAC, Philippines — On the November day when Cornelio Bonite disappeared, a crocodile was spotted in the water with a human arm clasped in its jaws.
In "The Hug" (1980), a bare, muscular, strangely disembodied male arm clasps a frizzy-haired girl in a thrift-shop blue dress.
I ended up having to do the solo with one arm clasped across my chest, trying to make it look like it was meant to be there.
Then, as the final strains of "Götterdämmerung" mingled with the fading chords of electric guitars, the young men and women climbed atop a series of oversize boxes, draping an arm, clasping a hand or leaning on the shoulder of the performers next to them.
It is still very hard for her to tell this part of the story, she says, as we are confronted, in the V&A's sculpture galleries, by a contorted stone figure with an arm clasped behind its back and its head to one side.
A year earlier, concluding her address at Seton Hall, Sister Thea brought the bishops to their feet and led them in singing "We Shall Overcome". Cross your arms, clasp hands, move together, she called out to them as the verses rolled out louder and louder.
When sitting, do not cross your arms, clasp your hands behind your back, or sit on your hands.
Mr. Rangel stood, feet apart, his arms clasped before him, the vigor washed out of him.
On his last night with Liz, Kyle slept with his arms clasped around her neck.
When someone ventures into your office, do you lean back in your chair with your arms clasped behind your head?
My arms clasped above my head, I dolphin-kicked underwater, turning my two legs into one strong tail.
