cupped

Example Sentences

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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

Joseph Butera, a retired telephone mechanic with a home in the Adirondacks, climbed a hill in the forest, cupped his hands around his mouth, closed his eyes and howled.

From New York Times

She described standing at a photocopier when Mr. Cohen appeared behind her, cupped her bottom with both hands, grunted and breathed heavily into her ear.

From New York Times

Once, deep in the tunnels under South Pole, I controlled my breathing while holding a cupped hand under my chin.

From Salon

Perhaps the most recurrent and laden with meaning — at times a bit too heavily — is a hand at the heart, cupped or with fingers blooming upward, paired with pulsations of the chest.

From New York Times