handshake
Example Sentences
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Close friends dining across the room from each other might exchange a wave or a quick handshake, but unsolicited business pitches go against the restaurant’s unwritten code of conduct, members say.
It would take more than two years of round-the-clock campaigning just to give each and every one a quick handshake.
From Los Angeles Times
Elliot’s face twitched, but he nodded and turned to me, his hand extended for the customary handshake exchanged between cadets.
From Literature
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It was enough for the head coach, who refused to wait for the final whistle and left Wolves boss Rob Edwards wondering where the post-match handshake was.
From BBC
"Brook played proper cricketing shots and he desreved a handshake, so I went to him and shook his hand in appreciation," said Afridi.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.