Sentence examples for wring hands from inspiring English sources

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"wring hands" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe an action of twisting one's hands together in a nervous, anxious, or frustrated manner. Example sentence: She wrung her hands nervously before speaking up at the meeting.

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The AU's instinct is still to wring hands, as it has done over Tunisia, rather than resolve issues.

And in welcoming the end, surely it is unfair to wring hands at the inevitably bloody means.

It's a commonplace to wring hands on the subject of how bad Hollywood has become, but it's more than counterbalanced by how good independent films have become.

(Ages 2 to 8) At this point, it's far too late in the game to wring hands over the creeping advance of commercialism into holiday books for children.

They weren't going to sit and wring hands or be just observers, but they were going to actually organize, to bring their skills and expertise of organizing a black community to Ferguson.

Around N.H.L. rinks this week, the appropriate response to the shenanigans in Columbus has been to go cluck-cluck and tsk-tsk and to wring hands over these unfortunate incidents that distort the image of hockey and mar the grace and beauty of this wonderful game.

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May have compulsive behaviors such as wringing hands or tissue tearing.

He now has continuous wringing hand movements, can no longer bear weight and has lost eating and drinking skills.

They wring their hands.

Several wring their hands.

Why do they wring their hands?

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