Hand Wringing

Word HAND WRINGING
Character 13
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Definitions and meanings of "Hand Wringing"

What do we mean by hand wringing?

The repeated clasping or squeezing of the hands as a symptom of distress.

A feigned exhibition of distress, usually with implied inaction or vacillating in the face of a dilemma or crisis.

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The word "hand-wringing" in example sentences

Curmudgeonly hand-wringing about the future of our children is something we all engage in. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have stayed out publicly so far of the hand-wringing about specific conferences but critical reflection on what one does is always important. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To be sure, there has been a lot of hand-wringing in the U.S. and in European capitals about the viability of land swaps for peace. ❋ Dana Rohrabacher (2011)

And investors who can see past all the hand-wringing and remain disciplined may even find opportunities to profit. ❋ Ben Levisohn (2011)

There are periodic bouts of hand-wringing in the blogosphere on the subject of ‘native-speakerism’ - the term that Adrian Holliday coined to capture “the chauvinistic belief that ‘native speakers’ represent a ‘Western culture’ from which spring the ideals both of the language and of language teaching methodology” (2008, p. 49). ❋ Unknown (2010)

There should be some hand-wringing [among Republicans]. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Thus, in September there was much hand-wringing—and much baton passing—when a back injury sidelined Metropolitan Opera maestro James Levine for the season. ❋ Joanne Kaufman (2011)

While hand-wringing seems to be the order of the day for Beantown, clearly, Belichick has confidence that the deal is a good one for the Patriots. ❋ Jason Maloni (2010)

I made a claim that all this hand-wringing and the fact that native speakers seem to be the ones making the most noise was a result of some kind of post-colonial guilt complex. ❋ Unknown (2010)

At golf's big annual merchandise show in Orlando, Fla., last month, I sat through several state-of-the-industry hand-wringing sessions. ❋ John Paul Newport (2012)

The lack of hand-wringing feels deliciously subversive. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Plenty of home building and buying occurred in the high interest rate '70s, '80s and '90s with no extended Fed hand-wringing over housing. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The answer to so much casual destruction is to stop hand-wringing and rebrand traditional media, including journalism. ❋ Trevor Butterworth (2009)

There is a bit of mocking of David Cameron for his remarks from which he has retreated and hand-wringing about the possible actions in San Francisco. ❋ Monroe Price (2011)

Despite the hand-wringing that followed, there was no inclination to consider whether the NSC should be reserved for civilian leadership. ❋ Steven E. Levingston (2010)

In that piece, I did some hand-wringing about how new efforts to ease monetary policy, while appearing likely, might not happen if the economy showed improvement before the central bank's Nov. 2-3 policy meeting. ❋ Neil Irwin (2010)

In the three weeks since Mayor Adrian Fenty's epic loss, there's been no shortage of whither-education-reform op-ed pieces penned, but there's also been behind-the-scenes hand-wringing over how a once-popular incumbent like Fenty could be trounced so thoroughly. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)

Still, I'd rather see some action than the usual deficit-bashing and hand-wringing. ❋ Peter Galuszka (2011)

Now on to Glee: If you've been following the Glee coverage from Comic-Con over the weekend, you may now feel that all this premature hand-wringing was a mite overblown. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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