Sentence examples for the handful from inspiring English sources

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the handful

noun

The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.

  • I put two or three corns in my mouth, liked it, stole a handful, went into my chamber, chewed it, and for two months after never failed taking toll of every pennyworth of oatmeal that came into the house. - Joseph Addison, The Spectator, Vol. VI

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Among the handful Oliver Stone's "W".

Diamonds were being scooped up by the handful.

The handful of stylish novelists who do have become celebrities.

The handful of competitors played his favorite game, hold 'em.

It's not just the handful of big hits that matter.

The handful of CLECs that understood all this have prospered.

Others simply fled, leaving only the handful in the fight.

The handful of other owners include members of the staff.

We began tossing out pellets by the handful.

The handful of victims are roughly in middle age.

Among the handful of surviving structures is the Tezon Grande.

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