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
At the Salt Lake City protest, Long knelt with countless other protesters in front of a statue of a pair of open hands, a piece of artwork originally created to symbolize open-handed service.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2020
The army remained "open-handed to receive LRA defectors who abandon violence", he said.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2013
It doesn't help that the actors seem swallowed up by the big stage and make little use of the proximity of the groundlings beyond a strange, open-handed entreaty to the audience at the end.
From The Guardian • May 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
