The word 'handfuls' is correct and usable in written English.
It is the plural form of 'handful', which means as much as the hand or hands can hold. You can use 'handfuls' to describe a small amount of something that can be held in one's hand or in both hands. For example: - She grabbed handfuls of sand and sprinkled them over the castle she had built. - The children eagerly reached into the bowl, scooping out handfuls of candy. - He poured handfuls of seeds into the bird feeder, attracting a variety of feathered visitors. - The baker added handfuls of chocolate chips to the batter, creating a rich and decadent brownie. - The farmer plucked handfuls of ripe strawberries from the bush, filling his basket with the sweet fruit.
Aditya, pretending to be comfortable in his dhoti, sat across from his college sweetheart as their parents handed them betel nuts, paan, dry fruits, coconuts, Ganesh murti and handfuls of rice at regular intervals to be offered to the deity.In the middle of this, the bhatji's mobile phone started to vibrate at his feet.
It is the 21st-century equivalent of the pre-1832 "rotten boroughs" with their handfuls of voters, a political elite of Westminster insiders saddled with outdated ideas.
In those days you could not simply stick your debit card in a foreign cashpoint and receive handfuls of the local money.
Stories of Twitter cascades and viral news are skewed by concentrating on the tiny proportion of success stories, while audiences of mere handfuls greet millions of hopeful uploaders on to YouTube, SoundCloud and Kindle (most self-published ebooks sell fewer than 100 copies).
Creative talents and industry entrants need a couple of handfuls of organic support – yes, public money!
And they are moving, in their handfuls, to Manchester.
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Now and then I've hit buried treasure in the form of vernacular word-lists or remarkable people – troves that have held gleaming handfuls of coinages, like the Lewisian "Peat Glossary".
Of course there are handfuls of caveats here.
At the other end of the spectrum are innumerable tinpot workshops, employing handfuls of people and outdated methods.
For a few rupees or handfuls of rice, they are said to demand and get sex with dalit women, typically just after sundown, when the villagers troop out to the fields to ablute.
