cool hand
Example Sentences
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“Recently, I tried to draw a leg, and it didn’t work out, but it wound up being a pretty cool hand instead.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
On Tuesday we entered the last two-thirds of the year, and in Washington we did it with a cool hand under a gray sky, which seemed without affinity for the date and season.
From Washington Post • May 2, 2023
Judge Kubota said that the fear and outrage stirred by cases like Ms. Ireland’s “can whip up a firestorm” that is hard for “the cool hand of justice to quell.”
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
No hazy scenes of my dad lifting me onto a horse as a kid, or my mom placing a cool hand on my brow while I was home sick.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2020
He smiled at the witch, who ran a cool hand across his cheek and gave him one more kiss.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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