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.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
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 • Mar. 8, 2026
"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 • Feb. 24, 2026
But Cirstea gave a brief handshake before exchanging some words with the Japanese 16th seed by the umpire's chair.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
“Okay. I’ve worked with a few teens who’ve needed help and couldn’t go to their parents, so I get it. But like I said, this’ll all have to be a handshake deal, okay?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
