lay hands on
Example Sentences
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So I completely get why Larry David would lay hands on the world’s kindliest Muppet on live TV.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024
It’s hard to separate the intense, 6-foot-4, 243-pound passer harasser and the 6-foot, 194-pounder who is the one QB he can’t lay hands on from each other, or from Alabama’s fortunes this season.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022
"We ask people to abide by the park rules - we cannot physically lay hands on people to get them out of the lake," he added.
From BBC • May 30, 2022
And Mr. Ramirez is asking for something unusual: He wants Mr. Moore to lay hands on him at the moment of his death.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2021
He stopped, glared at me as though I was some stranger who had dared to lay hands on him.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
