wring hands
Example Sentences
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In an era in which it has become commonplace to wring hands over the nation’s soul, the state of that soul seemed more opaque and enigmatic than it has in many, many years.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2021
Rather than wring hands over the difficulty of prying money from Congress for social programs, he pressured deep-pocketed companies to spend, and invest, locally.
From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2019
It’s a commonplace to wring hands on the subject of how bad Hollywood has become, but it’s more than counterbalanced by how good independent films have become.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 9, 2016
They weren’t going to sit and wring hands or be just observers, but they were going to actually organize, to bring their skills and expertise of organizing a black community to Ferguson.
From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2015
Look you now—your ear— If love had gone by choosing—how they laugh, Lean lips together, and wring hands underhand!
From Chastelard, a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
