Sentence examples for handshake of a from inspiring English sources

In a few weeks, they seemed within a handshake of a potentially historic deal.

7 or 8: This limp handshake of a score comes from passives, lukewarm, at best, about your company.

True, she has the underwhelming handshake of a tranquillised lemur, but, hey, that's French girls for you.

Mr. Hetzler, rumpled and friendly, with the handshake of a polar bear, chuckled at the idea of Sale e Tabacchi.

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But purists passed down punk lore as if it was the secret handshake of a rebel cult.

And, of course, the historic handshake of an American president and his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un — who happens to be a despot with a history of terrible human rights offenses, which apparently went undiscussed at the summit.

He had a reputation for honesty to the industry that led to many partnerships that were formed by only a handshake (of course a contract followed the handshake).

Thus, the enduring importance of some feeling of personal connection: of a handshake, of being able to say a candidate embraces my values, if not my plight.

In a much shared commentary for Jacobin magazine (later re-printed on Slate.com), Tokumitsu writes: DWYL is a secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment.

Wiegand, who never breaks character, disentangled himself and reorganized the reporter into a formal handshake typical of a turn-of-the-century photo op.