handshake

Example Sentences

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Close friends dining across the room from each other might exchange a wave or a quick handshake, but unsolicited business pitches go against the restaurant’s unwritten code of conduct, members say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

It would take more than two years of round-the-clock campaigning just to give each and every one a quick handshake.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

The world number three was crushed by the Ukrainian 6-1, 6-2 in the Melbourne quarter-finals and left centre court after the handshake cutting a dejected figure.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

But Cirstea gave a brief handshake before exchanging some words with the Japanese 16th seed by the umpire's chair.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

He nods at me, comes around the counter to kneel by the wheelchair, and reaches his right hand out to do a special handshake that he’s been trying to teach Mr. Ram.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali