show of hands
Example Sentences
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By a show of hands, Labour conference delegates rejected the first motion in favour of the second.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
“Colonel, we asked for a show of hands, and we’ve decided not to take that hill.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 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
A brief show of hands among the crowd in Karyshiv showed a large majority were in favour of leaving the UOC.
From Reuters • May 12, 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
