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

Dutton described the show of hands as a "very confronting scene" while Albanese said he has brought inflation down, wages up and added that interest rates were starting to fall, according to ABC.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

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