Hands
['hændz'ɑn;'hændz'ɔn]
Definition
(noun.) (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; 'my fate is in your hands'; 'too much power in the president's hands'; 'your guests are now in my custody'; 'the mother was awarded custody of the children'.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. Clutches.
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Examples
- He had not read far when he rested his head upon his two hands--to hide his face from me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- We were then led up to the door, where we were directed to get down on our hands and knees with our backs toward the room we were to enter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not but what myself and Micawber have our hands pretty full, in general, on account of Mr. Wickfield's being hardly fit for any occupation, sir. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She turned to him with a triumphant smile and their hands clasped under her veil. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- North and west, the emperor's hands were full. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His handsome face was distorted with a spasm of despair, and his hands tore at his hair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Your hands, my dear sir. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oh, what a trust is to be placed in that man's hands to-morrow! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He left his dead and nearly all his wounded in our hands, and about four hundred prisoners and several hundred horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Spy withdrew, and Carton seated himself at the table, resting his forehead on his hands. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Placing one end of my harness strap in his hands I lowered him quickly to the ground below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I will have my hands full keeping your neck from beneath the guillotine. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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