Sentence examples for a hands up from inspiring English sources

The conversation pinballed, and a "hands up and wait your turn" rule lasted about ten minutes.

Two years ago, before a game against the Oakland Raiders, receiver Kenny Britt was one of five Rams players who did a "hands up, don't shoot" pose in support of demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo.

Britt, the Rams wide receiver, was among the players who participated in a "hands up, don't shoot" gesture before a 2014 game to protest the fatal police shooting of Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown. .

In recognition of the powerful symbolism of suiting up for protest and of the platform they have as professional athletes, five Rams players raised their hands in a "hands up, don't shoot" expression of solidarity with protesters as they took the field in a game against the Oakland Raiders this past November.

As a Missouri state legislator, he sponsored a bill that would prevent citizens from finding the na​mes of police officers involved in shootings if they weren't charged; yesterday he ​made headlines for criticizing some St . LouisRams players for making a "hands up don't shoot" gesture on the field.

Penn State President Eric Barron came down and joined the protesters doing a "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" pose.

A handout or a hand up?

I see a hand up over there.

Johnson threw a hand up, too.

"We needed a hand up, not a handout," he said.

"People want a hand up," Mr. Obama said, "not a handout".