show of hands
Example Sentences
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He asked for a show of hands: “Who’s here for the first time?”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025
A resolution to approve Reform UK’s new constitution was passed by a show of hands at the party’s conference in Birmingham.
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2024
Mr. Diaz-Balart at one point asked for a show of hands on who had actually seen the exhibit.
From Washington Times • Jul. 23, 2023
Prospective candidates chosen by the commissions are confirmed by a majority show of hands by the local municipal assemblies before they advance to the ballot.
From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2023
Levin, at one point, went into a seventh-grade music class with seventy kids in it and asked for a show of hands on when the students woke up.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
