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handwringing
[ hand-ring-ing ]
noun
- a physical expression of concern, distress, or guilt.
- the nervous grasping or squeezing of the hands as a sign of these feelings.
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Example Sentences
"He didn't let US government clucking and handwringing stop him," says Robert Carlin.
The handwringing at players fighting after the Ohio State and Michigan game, among others, ignores the inherent violence of the sport.
As Damascus echoes with celebratory gunfire at Assad's downfall, most Syrians won't share the American handwringing.
With all the lugubrious handwringing over Biden and the Democrats saying Trump is a threat to democracy, nobody seems to care that his instinct in that horrible moment was to incite more violence.
The meeting Thursday comes as the Biden campaign continues to grapple with reelecting a president who remains more unpopular than popular with voters, as well as polling that shows a tight contest with Donald Trump in several of the battleground state that are key to a Biden victory in November — factors that are prompting private consternation and handwringing from fellow Democrats.
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