handshake
Example Sentences
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Close friends dining across the room from each other might exchange a wave or a quick handshake, but unsolicited business pitches go against the restaurant’s unwritten code of conduct, members say.
It would take more than two years of round-the-clock campaigning just to give each and every one a quick handshake.
From Los Angeles Times
Elliot’s face twitched, but he nodded and turned to me, his hand extended for the customary handshake exchanged between cadets.
From Literature
It was enough for the head coach, who refused to wait for the final whistle and left Wolves boss Rob Edwards wondering where the post-match handshake was.
From BBC
"Brook played proper cricketing shots and he desreved a handshake, so I went to him and shook his hand in appreciation," said Afridi.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
