hand

Example Sentences

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Was there really a hand to the head?

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Walk around the lumbering, top-heavy “Adam,” whose powerful hand echoes Michelangelo’s Sistine ceiling but instead points earthward, and you don’t get a sense of inspired, ideal form, but of matter, growth and transformation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

District Judge P. Casey Pitts weighs whether a Texas grand jury can force the California medical center to hand over its files to the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations in Kansas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

On the other hand, Samsung shareholders are complaining that the employee bonus violated their rights.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Run your hand over your own skull and you will find all sorts of knobs, bumps, dips, and so on.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman