hankie

Example Sentences

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They got a kiss, a scarf or a perspiration-filled hankie in return, keeping the crowd in a frenzy for the full hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2023

In the latest installment of our Designer D.I.Y. series, the designer embroiders a lover’s hankie.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020

When he dropped the hankie to the floor, there was inevitably a scramble amongst the audience to retrieve it.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2018

In these post-truth times, journalists are fighting the equivalent of a firestorm with a bottle of water and a wet hankie.

From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2017

He buried his face in a hankie, by turns lighting it on fire and then dousing the flames with his tears.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill