handkerchief

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

He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

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

The suspect wore black, his face covered by a handkerchief, Barrientos said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2025

Now we had only moments to scale the trunk, up to Camilla’s handkerchief drawer, for the journey on to London.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

With Trump’s planned attendance Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, some reporters have said they’ll wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins prominently displaying the words of the First Amendment.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

Henry VIII, who reigned from 1509 to 1547, went through wives like handkerchiefs, in the process breaking with Rome and sparking the English Reformation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Once there, the players frantically waved white table handkerchiefs above their heads to a live rendition of Freed From Desire expertly played by the in-house saxophonist.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

Inside, she unfolded handkerchiefs, crisp white underwear, bars of Lux soap, and chocolate, and she marveled that they had reached her intact, even sent through the Red Cross.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie