give a handle

Example Sentences

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I should conceive it necessary, therefore, rather to submit with patience to their repeated delays than give a handle to the British party at Court.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII by Sparks, Jared

There are often things said about the effects of conversion which are very far in advance of reality, and give a handle to caricature.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander

Over-subtlety in the leader of a party tends to perplex friends and give a handle to opponents.

From The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

They contained themselves, knowing that the least indiscretion would give a handle for aggression to the enemies of the good cause.

From At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Fuller, Arthur B.

The "Specimens" would give a handle to it, which the poems might seem to want.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary