cupped
Example Sentences
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It doesn't want to leave the safety of his cupped hands.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
He cupped his ears as jeers rained down from the sold-out Honda Center in Anaheim.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2025
He was showing her something in his hand, but keeping his hand cupped so no one else would see it, too.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
