hankie

Example Sentences

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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

The Dodgers have Kershaw and Greinke and grab a hankie.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2014

I take Daddy’s hankie and wipe my forehead, press salted ice to my wrists.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett