handshake

Example Sentences

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I figured Auriemma would clean up the mess in his postgame press conference, but instead he calmly leaned in to it, offering the pregame handshake delay as his explanation-slash-justification.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

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

“Goodbye, dear,” and with these words, uttered in the tone she liked, Laurie left her, after a handshake almost painful in its heartiness.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott