hankie
Example Sentences
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Lightly pencil the desired initials on the silk hankie, then stretch it over “your prettiest” embroidery hoop.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2020
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
I pumped cold water over Mr. O’Flanagan’s hankie and pressed it to my face.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
