'welcoming hand' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to describe a kind gesture towards someone who has just arrived. For example, "The newcomers were welcomed with a warm and welcoming hand."
It continues to extend a welcoming hand to immigrants even as they are shunned by many American politicians (see article).
Mrs Clinton has followed Mr Obama's lead in holding out a welcoming hand to assorted anti-American strongmen.
The church's sin, according to rambling postings on his Facebook page: extending that same inclusive, welcoming hand to gay people.
And many of the dealers say Chrysler is not only refusing to extend a welcoming hand, but is imposing requirements more rigorous than many existing dealers must follow.
CAN the white-glove world of classic car collecting extend a welcoming hand to a juvenile delinquent with a ducktail haircut and a penchant for straight-line speed?
"Will he be big?" "Will he touch me?" As a guardian elf stretched out a welcoming hand, my son grabbed my neck, screaming, "I'm not going in!" Coaxing.
In one subtle moment, Louise passed a brandy to Carrie's welcoming hands while crossing behind the couch.
We did one Saturday night, mainly to muster the energy to squeeze past the throng of diners lined up out the door, eager to put themselves in Mr. Bruncaj's welcoming hands.
Erik Dietman's "Ami de Personne" and Daniel Dezeuze's "Confidence," for instance, are clearly intended to be sat on, while Ms. Bourgeois's "Welcoming Hands" -- bronze hands placed on granite blocks -- invite visitors to stroke them.
Tremlett claimed his third scalp from a superb, short-of-a-length delivery that cut away from Mahela Jayawardene and caught the outside edge of the bat before nestling into the welcoming hands of Strauss at slip.
The composition forms a dynamic, off-kilter X, with one line formed by Cupid's torso, Danaë's elegantly raised arm and welcoming right hand and the virtually orgasmic shower of gold that represents Jupiter, god of the sky.
