hand on

Example Sentences

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Standing there in the cold, watching Mamdani rest his hand on the Quran while Sanders administered the oath, I found the disconnect impossible to ignore.

From Slate

The oath was administered by New York Attorney General Letitia James, and Mamdani placed his hand on a Quran, highlighting his status as the city’s first Muslim mayor and the first mayor of South Asian descent.

From Salon

When he was upset after a family gathering recently, she put her hand on her heart to calm down, created an “energy boundary”—imagining a magic cloak around her that repels negative energy—and thought about why he was mad.

From The Wall Street Journal

You need people close to you to just put their hand on your shoulder and just support you at the right moment.

From BBC

I tried leaning on it, hand on hip, and felt myself transformed from a geriatric sourpuss into a bemused observer of the human cavalcade.

From The Wall Street Journal