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
Fury said with a grin, and the pair closed it out with a handshake.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
The Japanese star's second-round win against Sorana Cirstea was marred by a testy exchange and icy handshake at the end.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
He hugged me tight, and awkwardly, then pushed me away and gave me a left-handed handshake.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
