open-handed
Example Sentences
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Andrea Robinson, an 18-year-old psychology major at the University of Kansas, hollered while doing the open-handed chop with the crowd.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2023
You’re not dishonoring him by being open-handed with what you’ve received, and it’s not wrong to want to help out a woman who’s struggling to make ends meet.
From Slate • Nov. 16, 2015
The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013
Leeds's coach, Brian McDermott, who spoke on behalf of his player at the hearing, claimed it was a careless act and an "open-handed tackle" in an effort to prevent an offload by Anderson.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2012
I would be valiant, open-handed, frank, and pure of heart, courteous — the soul of chivalry.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
