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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91 A handful of dramas make the grade but the sitcoms are failing miserably.
92 We're not going to let a handful of radical students hijack our school.
93 They can have from a handful of copies to several hundred, often scattered on many different chromosomes.
94 Foremost among provincial towns were a handful of regional capitals with populations upwards of five or six thousand.
95 Nanomachines could rearrange the atoms in a handful of dirt and produce bread or any other food.
96 And a relative handful have ever attended a national political convention.
97 I fetch a handful of paper towels from beside the wash basin, walking on tiptoe to avoid bloody footprints.
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98 She had taken a handful of downers with her whisky around 10 a.m. and had woken up in hospital.
99 A classic power feature, often touted by its supporters, that will be used by a mere handful of people.
100 Gradually, the number of individual objectors prepared to enter the fray began to expand outside the initial handful.
101 A handful of zealots at bus stops manipulates Belfast workers who are freshly aware of possible bombings on urban streets.
102 Prior to 1986 only a small handful of networks existed within the research and education community.
103 All these packages have the three core applications, plus a handful of additional features.
104 Proper buffet cars are economic on only a small handful of their routes, notably Waterloo-Bournemouth.
105 For the sake of a handful of people making huge profits the entire planet has been put in jeopardy.
106 Grasping a handful of bulrushes to steady herself, she leaned precariously out to grab it.
107 Johnson was one of the handful in the debate who spoke positively about lesbian and gay relationships.
108 At times the Monday evening services attracted only a handful of people and seemed to have little effect.
109 It was a handful of teams from all over the map.
110 A handful of new outlets will be launched next year and if successful, will lead to an even bigger chain.
111 I want to take a handful of good men and go over it with a fine-tooth comb.
112 Not surprising, since she is among a handful of writers to produce a hardboiled thriller from a woman's perspective.
113 He's not alone; there are a handful of others who have nowhere else to go.
114 Grimm tugged a crumpled purple handful from his pocket and restored some shape to the hat.
115 The U. S. Department of Labor also provided demonstration grants for a handful of school-to-work programs.
116 Yet the aid package passed in an instinctively isolationist Congress with only a modest handful of dissenters.
117 Only a small handful of large investors spoke at the meeting, which was dominated by Conrail employees.
118 But now only a handful of his old clients ever called him and even fewer came here.
119 Lures: Get a handful of 4-and 5-inch plastic ocean lures.
120 The trial is the first of a handful of high-profile cases expected within the next few months.
More similar words: and function, hand in hand, stand for, send for, grandfather, back and forth, full, the rank and file, awful, in full, helpful, first and foremost, full-time, to the full, be full of, colorful, hopefully, be useful to, meaningful, fulfilling, in full swing, at full speed, successfully, hand, than, hand out, on hand, by hand, at hand, hand on.