In order to render the cloth waterproof, it should now be dipped in a pail containing a solution of equal parts of alum and sugar of lead, a couple of handfuls of each, in tepid water.
It is not an uncommon thing to find whole handfuls of nuts carefully packed away in one of these cracks, and a sharp stroke with an ax in the trunk of one of these trees will often dislodge numbers of the nuts.
The crowd pressed as close to the line as the priestly attendants would permit, and there threw themselves upon the ground, kissing the spot their king's form had shadowed, and gathering up handfuls of the dust for sacred memorial.
These were flung in handfulsto the gentle wind, and loaded the atmosphere with their aroma.
Niezguinek tookhandfuls of the herb of Sleep from the saddle-pockets and sprinkled it all about.
The negroes, greedy of wealth, threw themselves upon it, snatching from each other handfuls of the golden rain.
Two days before his death I was surprised to observe him sitting for nearly three hours, in a piercingly sharp day, in the saw-pit, employed in gathering the dust and throwing it by handfuls over his body, which was naked to the waist.
Add a few handfuls of pickled cucumbers and Seville oranges, both chopped up.
Boil three handfuls of walnut leaves in three quarts of water; sponge the horse (before going out of the stable) between and upon the ears, neck and flank.
She was feeding the chickens, tossing to them handfuls of grain and laughing at their antics.
Before he could rise, Daylight had whirled him over on his back and was rubbing his face and ears with snow and shoving handfuls down his neck.
At times he combed the surface with his fingers, raking out handfuls of gravel.
It was lighted by a large lamp-holder shaped like a lotus and full of a yellow oil wherein floated handfuls of burning tow, and military things might be distinguished gleaming in the shade.
A child rent his ear; a young girl, hiding the point of a spindle in her sleeve, split his cheek; they tore handfuls of hair from him and strips of flesh; others smeared his face with sponges steeped in filth and fastened upon sticks.
He took up two handfuls of the dust, the mere sight of which made every Carthaginian shudder with horror, and said: "By the hundred torches of your Intelligences!
Then they rolled about in convulsions, flung handfuls of dust into their mouths, bit their arms, and burst into frantic laughter.
This altar is surmounted by a bronze pedestal, which bears the sumptuous ark-shaped casket with its enshrined handfuls of dubious dust.
Some gave him handfulsof barley, while others, with more refined knowledge of the world, courted his favour "by respectfully addressing him.
IX-7] The fight consisted in pelting each other with handfuls of red leaves, or leaves of the nopal, or of yellow flowers called cempoalsuchitl, the same sort as had been carried by the actors in the preceding dance.
Handfuls of the white feathers of the heron were tied two and two and fastened to the burdened maize-stalk, while all the cotton threads used were covered with white hen's feathers, stuck on with resin.
I enjoyed it a good deal, and assisted in so far as to pelt all the people in cylinder hats with handfuls of confetti.
You may place a hundred handfulsof fragrant herbs and flowers before the nightingale, yet he wishes not in his constant heart for more than the sweet breath of his beloved rose.
A military band was executing itself to the stolid delight of some handfuls of ragged civiles.
Suddenly burst out of the loquacious opacity a dozen handfuls of Algeriens, their feet swaggering with fatigue, their eyes burning, apparently by themselves--faceless in the equally black mist.
The remaining nuts, and articles which were brought by the party of the bridegroom, are then placed on a brass tray, and presented to the bride-elect, who is requested to take three handfuls of nuts and the same quantity of betel leaves.
It is a common sight, as one passes through a paddy flat or along the adjoining slope, to see housewives bringing out handfuls of ashes collected in the oven over night, and depositing them at the root of the nearest fruit tree on their land.
This the disciples attempted to do, and were on the point of drowning when the Sanyasi threw three handfuls of books on medicine and magic.
The Chambhars of Puna throw handfuls of earth over the corpse; so do the Halal-khors; the Lingayats of Dharwar follow the same practice.
These offerings, which are generally in small change or small handfuls of grain or cotton, are mainly presented by women.
Some people throw seven handfuls of boiled wheat and sugar into the stream and distribute the remainder among the persons present.
The lakes were carefully formed with some nice sticky handfuls of clay at either end to keep in the water.
The rails became greasy from the moisture, and necessitated constant stoppages to allow of the zemyndras running in front with handfuls of sand.
Largesse bounty, handfuls of money cast among the people.
Boil two large handfuls of parsley until tender, squeeze it as dry as possible, remove all stalks and stems and chop it.
Then he began to take out the bran by handfuls in the dark and to set it before the horses.
These copses, which were expected to yield a few handfuls of runaway boys in German uniform, would be attacked by us in flank and rear at the same time.
From previous descriptions of the 'Salient' I had almost expected that a few handfuls of ashes would be of Ypres the only vestige left.
Every now and then he turned to dump two or three handfulsof counted pennies into his open satchel.
As soon as Dick had run upstairs with the bread he went below, got a few handfuls of sand and fixed the sidewalk.
These were next stopped up by handfuls of xanthorea leaves, or by strips of bark from the paper-tree.
It is dark then, and I forget for a time how closely beset we are, and how few handfuls of meal there are in the girnels.
They mixed nine handfuls of it with the sand, for it was thus the "Book of Might" directed, and once more they tried to twist the ropes, but once more they failed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "handfuls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
