handshaker

Example Sentences

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But as an avid handshaker and something of an expert on the subject, I have to second the good doctor’s prescription.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2020

He is the welcomer and the handshaker and in Washington he is the member of the White House staff Who dines out at all functions.

From Time Magazine Archive

Edwin Benjamin Reeser, head of Barnsdall Corp., a Tulsa independent oil company, president of the American Petroleum Institute, and a great handshaker, was ready to lead the oil industry into the conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was not a reformer, he was not a handshaker, he was not a "glad-hander," he was not sensational in politics or in any other field.

From Time Magazine Archive

Normally, he was a handshaker, maybe a back-patter on really special occasions.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman