handrail

Example Sentences

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“He stands outside, in the dark London night, sobbing and unsteady, the handrail only a few feet away. And below that is the cold hard pavement,” Henry writes in her book.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

The collection’s key motif was a curved red handrail designed for Milan’s 60-year-old red line by the late architect Franco Albini.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

I should give it a few tugs at the top to yield the bolt a bit, and the final force needed would be 60 pounds linear at the top of the handrail.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

She explained on the BBC's Today programme on Radio 4 how she clung onto the handrail, scared of being pulled backwards and how she stood in solidarity with other women despite knowing they'd be arrested.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2023

Kyle looped the cables around his waist and tied the other end to the handrail of the hover ladder.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein