cool hand

Example Sentences

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“Recently, I tried to draw a leg, and it didn’t work out, but it wound up being a pretty cool hand instead.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

Judge Kubota said that the fear and outrage stirred by cases like Ms. Ireland’s “can whip up a firestorm” that is hard for “the cool hand of justice to quell.”

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Kaye likes the classic choice, percale, which she says has “more of a cool hand feel.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021

He covered her small cool hand on the table with his own, which was huge and hot, calloused across the palm, black dirt rimming the nails.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Liyana felt a pleasant mischief lay its cool hand on her head again.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye