handkerchief
Example Sentences
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There was a tap on the roof and many soaked shirts and handkerchief in water and pressed them to their mouths.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
A man desperately searching for a handkerchief while trying to stifle a sneeze, the world’s oldest magician making a comeback — these hilarious bits require no context.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
I couldn’t see very much of his face for the handkerchief, but what little I could see was as red as a busted watermelon.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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