fistful
Americannoun
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fistfuls
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Grace reached into a drawer, grabbed a fistful of Ugandan shilling notes, and handed over the cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026
Banks, investment funds, governments, and insurance companies bought them by the fistful.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Or a Mediterranean-ish sheet pan of squash, eggplant, and onions, finished with thin-sliced cucumbers and a fistful of herbs.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
As the firefighters pulled on their protective yellow jackets and pants, and filled their drip torches with a mixture of diesel and gasoline, Nielson bent down and grabbed a fistful of the yellow grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
When Danny came out into the alley with his own fistful of nails, I gave James a strained, apologetic smile.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Then he took fistfuls of bills from his change machines and ran them through a whirring cash counter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
On Wednesday, dozens of people stood on the side of an eight-lane highway leading east out of the capital trying their luck by waving fistfuls of bills at passing vehicles.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
From the 17th to 19th centuries, spaghetti was a popular street food in Naples, typically enjoyed with one’s bare hands in large fistfuls.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
Lucey’s opened in 1922, and silent stars like Clara Bow showed up in limos and ordered fistfuls of caviar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
Our hands dive into the middle of the table, grabbing fistfuls.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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