handful
Example Sentences
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Star gave me a handful she’d guarded jealously from the others.
From Literature
The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as "New START" and signed in 2010 was one of a handful of agreements designed to help prevent a catastrophic nuclear war.
From BBC
Ski and Snowboard, the potential goes beyond the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and the handful of athletes who used it to train in the past couple months.
A handful of deer in Avalon, Catalina’s only city, will be sterilized and allowed to live out their days on the island.
From Los Angeles Times
Only a handful of states have laws that regulate these agreements.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
