Synonym: fistful, smattering. Similar words: and function, hand in hand, stand for, send for, grandfather, back and forth, full, the rank and file. Meaning: ['hændfʊl] n. 1. a small number or amount 2. the quantity that can be held in the hand.
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61 When my father threw in the first handful of dirt, I heard the pebbles dance on the coffin lid.
62 Inside the bottle you will find a handful of sparkling semi-precious gemstones which spiritual healers believe affect our health and well-being.
63 He lists a handful of false virus alerts and urban myths.
64 The topping was a melted chocolate bar, sprinkled with a handful of soggy peanuts.
65 As for Jimmy, he chooses from a handful of set comments, so he hasn't a great deal to say.
66 All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men. Mignon McLaughlin
67 But Yeltsin has met with only a handful of people in recent weeks(http://sentencedict.com/handful.html), including Chernomyrdin and chief of staff Anatoly Chubais.
68 Looking down where the water of the canal licked the rocks, I saw a handful of date pits.
69 Add a handful of crushed dill to a bottle of white wine vinegar.
70 Yoyo moaned as she picked up a handful of pieces.
71 The town was nothing more than a handful of buildings arrayed on either side of the highway.
72 But a press backlash did get into gear, leaving a handful of diehard music writers to fight a bitter battle.
73 There's nothing to beat a handful of mushrooms in with a rabbit stew.
74 Warner Digital Studios is one of a handful of studio in-house operations that have entered the increasingly competitive visual effects business.
75 Then some one gave him a handful of drugs during a Grateful Dead concert in Oakland.
76 Nor were there frustrated breakaway movements from a handful of top clubs.
77 I saw myself reaching into that mass and grabbing a big handful and squeezing.
78 Campbell, who once challenged Lathrop to identify tenors in the same format, correctly guesses a handful of more than 20.
79 There were only a handful of old faithfuls at the meeting.
80 That is a handful of the most visible Salomon mortgage traders on Wall Street.
81 There was a handful of claims for alleged failure to detect fraud on audit.
82 Fork garden compost or manure into the bottom and sprinkle a handful of bonemeal to each metre.
83 The offshore industry has trained a handful of apprentices, but these do not compare with its labour requirements.
84 Prohibition killed all but a handful of regional breweries and the well-known industrial giants.
85 Pick up a handful of pine needles from the forest floor.
86 Pour in the cornmeal by the handful in a thin stream very slowly, whisking constantly in one direction.
87 A handful of smaller companies are making Mac clones for high-end graphics applications and other niche markets.
88 Although Sheila finds them a handful and is known to shout at them, she has always sought appropriate help.
89 Only a handful seemed to appreciate the advantages in actively building trust, credibility, and cooperative relationships with peers.
90 He showed a handful of greasepaint and rubber to the officer, who strode over and asked a question.
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