handshake

Example Sentences

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Joshua removed his sunglasses midway through before it ended with a friendly handshake.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

It was on the South Lawn, too, where Bill Clinton hosting the 1993 Oslo Accord handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Xi walked out by himself to greet Trump with a handshake, not the “big, fat hug” the U.S. president earlier said he was expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Nothing would please him more than turning the handshake into a collaboration down the line.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

We all froze, except for Brother Fowles, who jumped up and held out his hand to Father with the left hand clasping his forearm, secret handshake of the Congolese.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver