handkerchief

Example Sentences

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There was a tap on the roof and many soaked shirts and handkerchief in water and pressed them to their mouths.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".

From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025

Mr. Pärt has referred to music as “the handkerchief for drying my tears of sadness, the source of my tears of joy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Indeed, using the flag as a handkerchief has at least twice led to courts-martial.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

The silk sizzled and shrank as the handkerchief blazed.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda