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Example sentences for "our hands"

  • We want deeds-the Power must be in our hands!

  • We have the power in our hands," he began sadly, stopped for a moment, and then went on in a low voice.

  • The work is simply falling out of our hands.

  • Listen to us, for we hold the future of mankind in our hands.

  • We stood, and we held our head in our hands.

  • We fell, but we never let the box fall from our hands.

  • The near ones were in our hands, but no attempt had been made in the early days of the war to fortify and hold Bulwana, Lombard's Kop, and the other positions from which the town might be shelled.

  • No doubt the recruiting of rebels was helped, but there was no forward movement and Molteno remained in our hands.

  • Zeus, this lot seems likely to remain on our hands.

  • Our hands began to swell considerably, and this swelling increased daily till our arrival on the banks of the Temi.

  • We felt an extraordinary irritation on the joints of our fingers, and on the backs of our hands.

  • It did not appear to us that these differences could be attributed to the dryness or moisture of our hands, or to their unequal conducting power.

  • Gentlemen, it is in our hands to return one of our candidates, and to make our own choice between the two.

  • This affair of the election is over; we must now look to what else rests on our hands.

  • So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

  • And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

  • And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  • On landing, they flew to meet us, balancing themselves in the air in front, within easy reach of our hands.

  • We bear Him in our hands and in our hearts.

  • I am sure what they said to-night showed it was lucky we have not more in our hands.

  • The captain means to leave it entirely in our hands.

  • He also expects this at our hands, saying, "Who will rise up for me against the evil doers?

  • This promise therefore is, as is said, a big-bellied promise, and hath in itself all those things to bestow upon us that the conditional calleth for at our hands.

  • Together, we hold the future of the Nation, and the conscience of the Nation in our hands.

  • The power to mold the future of this Nation lies in our hands--yours and mine, and they are joined together by the Constitution.

  • Thank heavens," one of them said, "the next time we meet them will be with arms in our hands.

  • We shall have a good deal more trouble about it than we should have had at the attack in December, when it was virtually in our hands, whereas now it looks stronger than any point along the line.

  • Until these are restored, and the line secure in our hands, Roberts's army will have to live on the stores that they have brought with them.

  • If we had sold a hundred copies it would trouble me far more than the fifteen hundred now on our hands; that's what I call hanging fire; whereas this insignificant sale only proves that the edition will go off like a rocket.

  • So essential that without that power in our hands, I won't have anything to do with the election.

  • The eel has wriggled out of our hands; neither softness nor violence has any effect upon that devil of a man.

  • Should Theodose prove reluctant to carry out my plans, those notes may become a useful weapon in our hands.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "our hands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    marked tree; our age; our ancestors; our children; our common; our constitution; our duty; our experience; our father; our first; our friend; our land; our last; our life; our minds; our modern; our nature; our political; our present; our said lord the; our souls; our story; our system; our town; our troops; our visit