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hand - use in sentences
Converse of object
- shake: On entering a full room of people, Britons don't shake hands or greet everyone in the room.
- lend: Meanwhile Phil appears later to lend a hand with stories of Lynda's attempts to pay Tommy to be in the Mikado!
- outstretch: Most often the injury is caused by a blow to the shoulder or by falling on an outstretched hand.
Preposition: on
- tiller: John's insightful, experienced presence and calm and careful hand on the tiller is already proving of great benefit to our deliberations.
Adjective modifier
- left: There was no left hand or right hand side at the time.
- other: The pup, on the other hand, rapidly gains weight feeding on milk, which contains about 60 % fat.
- upper: God had the upper hand from beginning to end.
- right: After 200 yards there is a right hand turn down a track.
- bare: For students who are studying for 1-3 months, they should be able to cut a brick in two using their bare hands!
Modifies a noun
- basin: The Fiorelli hand basin has a kidney shaped interior with a wider back.
- side: On the right hand side is the headline: WARNING!
- corner: Click on next at the bottom right hand corner of the list to see the next 10 results.
- luggage: Thankfully, they just let me through without examining my hand luggage; otherwise, who knows what could have happened.
- lane: At Hyde Park Corner turn left into Park Lane right hand lane.
- grenade: During the First World War the company manufactured hand grenades and other cast iron products for use at the front.
Noun used with modifier
- wash: Do not eat, drink or smoke while applying the product and wash hands after use.
- pedestal: Pedestal hand basin, close coupled w.c. , heated ladder towel rail, recessed downlights to smooth finished ceiling.
- dab: Geoff is a dab hand at Indian dishes, which can be enjoyed on the premises or to take away.
Followed by a transitive particle
- over: Sources said that the surveillance officers wanted to detain de Menezes, but were told to hand over the operation to the firearms team.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- over: He can insist that the private key be handed over, rather than plain text.
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