hankie
Example Sentences
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“Keep your hankie in your bag; it’s not meant to be twisted.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 19, 2020
In the latest installment of our Designer D.I.Y. series, the designer embroiders a lover’s hankie.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2020
When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2018
When the other antagonist is North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the nightmare can’t be dismissed as the twisted hankie of the persistently worried.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 5, 2017
He buried his face in a hankie, by turns lighting it on fire and then dousing the flames with his tears.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
