give a handle

Example Sentences

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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

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

All that could possibly give a handle to criticism," says Marmontel, who was present, "was groaned at or turned into ridicule.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert

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)

At the same time he was equally quick to see that the acquisition would give "a handle to the malcontents."

From Union and Democracy by Johnson, Allen