wring hands

In an era in which it has become commonplace to wring hands over the nation’s soul, the state of that soul seemed more opaque and enigmatic than it has in many, many years.

Rather than wring hands over the difficulty of prying money from Congress for social programs, he pressured deep-pocketed companies to spend, and invest, locally.

They can point fingers at video games or wring hands over mental health.

An army of almost 40,000 volunteers, seeking catharsis in the Trump era, have answered Mr. McMullin’s call to do more than wring hands, and instead, start writing, producing more than 1.5 million postcards since September to try to swing close races in the midterm election.

It’s a commonplace to wring hands on the subject of how bad Hollywood has become, but it’s more than counterbalanced by how good independent films have become.