handing down

The court cited especially heinous/cruel/depraved circumstances in handing down the sentence.

He would punish these wretches by handing down—to posterity their peculiarities.

Aleck Van Camp was on a low step-ladder, just in the act of handing down a book from the top shelf.

The apprentice system helps to preserve the traditions and sentiments of the German people, by handing down these handicrafts.

As the sailor he had just addressed was handing down his bag, a face with a red cap looked over the bulwarks.

The genius of engraving is represented handing down to posterity the works of painting, sculpture, and architecture.