hand-wringing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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For all the hand-wringing, Arsenal is still in contention for four trophies this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
“The ability to speak about all these new pipeline medicines really changes the story and hand-wringing about what’s going to happen with Keytruda’s LOE.”
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Much of the hand-wringing about AI slop focuses on material that may be ubiquitous but innocuous.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Instead of hand-wringing about all of the doom and gloom like so many other filmmakers, Anderson lets the viewer have some fun, deftly straddling the line between bleak and downright silly.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025
I could hear his hand-wringing through the long echo of the telephone.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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