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Example sentences for "outstretched hand"

  • I had entered the office a little late, and the General had greeted me with an outstretched hand in which I felt the grip of the bones through the flabby flesh.

  • An old woman in a plaid shawl, with her mouth twisted sideways by a recent stroke of paralysis, barred my way with an outstretched hand, in which she held the foot of a grey yarn stocking.

  • Wade dropped the Major at his bungalow, and sat oblivious to the Major's outstretched hand, musing.

  • Understanding from Terry's few words that the Major desired that they be united also in accordance with the rites of his own people, she stepped quietly before Terry and took the Major's outstretched hand.

  • Trembling, his tanned face bloodless, the Major advanced and took her outstretched hand.

  • Bashwood the father made straight for the bag with eager eyes and outstretched hand.

  • Oh, Bartimeus of the mask-like face, And patient, outstretched hand, Was it for this God set on thee the mark No man might understand?

  • Close to a little bed where one lay low, At last he took his stand, And touched the head that tossed in restless woe With gentle, outstretched hand.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "outstretched hand" 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:
    blue coats; broadly speaking; commercial success; electric motors; first novel; for having; has made; necessary that; outstretched hand; permanent settlement; regulated mind; second trial; senior wrangler; should come; silver penny; stock banks; tight place; touch them; under parts; while ago; will multiply; will seem