handhold
noun
hand·hold
ˈhand-ˌhōld 
Examples of handhold in a Sentence
she tried to maintain her tight handhold on the umbrella as the wind picked up
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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
Four semicircular notches along one side appeared very like handholds.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Simple adaptations, such as adding handholds onto the walls in a spacecraft, can provide vital assistance.
—Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 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
Four semicircular notches along one side appeared very like handholds.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Simple adaptations, such as adding handholds onto the walls in a spacecraft, can provide vital assistance.
—Jesse Rhoades, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handhold
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“Handhold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handhold. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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