Example Sentences

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This dread has been my constant companion ever since I lathered up, rinsed and watched handfuls of dirty blonde strands circle the drain three weeks ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Most grabbed small handfuls of items, such as prepared foods to go and drinks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

On the menu today is spaghetti served with canned vegetables and tomato sauce and flavoured with generous handfuls of spices.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

I didn’t yet know how to trust food to become itself without a bit of coaxing, so I poked and stirred and second-guessed, throwing in handfuls of things that didn’t always belong.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing them in the waste-paper basket.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl