give a handle

Example Sentences

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Thus, the old dame of Malvern, divining aright, our Challis may ask, or hint—"Please your Royal Highness, give a handle to my challice".

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

But his presence at the scene was enough to give a handle to his enemies.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

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

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.

I have suffered too much from calumny to give a handle for evil-speaking.

From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott