Sentence examples for calls a hand from inspiring English sources

Wine selling is very much a one-on-one business -- what the trade calls a "hand sell" -- and the men and women in East End wineries generally strive to provide courteous service.

Critical of the county's manual recount which she calls "a hand job"–she says the ballot was illegal and the county needs to hold another election.

The Indian government has what it calls a "hands off, eyes on" policy to the tribe, meaning officials moor boats near the island every few months to check on the inhabitants' welfare.

The Swedish referee Martin Hansson failed to call a hand ball.

Employ it to hold something, and it is called a hand.

A bifacial cutting implement emerged, called a hand axe, that had longer, straighter, sharper edges than the earlier chopper.

An instrument called a hand dynamometer, which measures how hard you can squeeze, can help assess how much muscle strengthening you need.

So it was a bit rich to see Henry, the aging French striker, imploring the referee to call a hand ball against an opponent with the minutes ticking down on France's opening game, against Uruguay.

An out is called a hand, a run is an ace, and any new player is given the nickname Muffin until the team assigns him a more permanent moniker.

It was pioneered in Bangladesh by the Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and spread across the world, attracting rave reviews as the key to giving the poor what Tony Blair used to call "a hand up, not a handout".

Charity without respect can be called a hand out.