Example Sentences

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In front of a public camera, I don't think that the great Calvin Coolidge would have cupped his hand over a child's mouth to prevent him from expressing mild gossip.

From Time Magazine Archive

No fear, but he would have cupped a rich man, but even a leech he grudges to the poor.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

One week later he decided that he should have cupped his hands and shouted, "You hypotenuse hussy!"

From The Boy Grew Older by Broun, Heywood