hankie
Example Sentences
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They got a kiss, a scarf or a perspiration-filled hankie in return, keeping the crowd in a frenzy for the full hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2018
In these post-truth times, journalists are fighting the equivalent of a firestorm with a bottle of water and a wet hankie.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2017
When the other antagonist is North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the nightmare can’t be dismissed as the twisted hankie of the persistently worried.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2017
Mrs. Wigginbottom tucked her hankie into the sleeve of her brown dress and gave me a curious look up and down.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
