How to Use handhold in a Sentence

handhold

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  • At this point, a handhold in the office is too weak of a stance for her.
    — Kevin Sullivan, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2021
  • This will give you a gap of 5 to 6 inches between the string and the handhold when the bow is strung.
    — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2020
  • Some guys skip the handholds while others cut a slot to tuck in both ends of the cable.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018
  • That can be a shooting bag or lead sled at the range or a simple handhold against a tree trunk in the woods.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2019
  • This left him with questions: How far should a kid have to reach between one handhold or foothold and the next?
    — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • When these parts are complete, try a test run by spinning the drill with the bow pinned between the fire board and handhold.
    — Popular Science, 14 Apr. 2020
  • In their final descent, the toadlets sometimes reach for a handhold, but the effort is for naught.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
  • All but the shortest hikers can get through this jumble without the need for a handhold.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
  • But the top step was so narrow, and the riser so wobbly, that Johnson asked for a handhold to be installed.
    — Scott Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • This provides a convenient handhold to aid those stepping up into the bed of the truck.
    — Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2018
  • How to do it: Find a weight-bearing handhold, such as a pull-up bar, portable hang board, rafter, beam, or tree branch.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 6 Apr. 2020
  • There were using long tracking shots with a Western dolly and a lot of handhold.
    — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2017
  • But the winds calmed and the first of around 1,000 climbers began their ascent at a chain handhold up the steep western face three hours later than scheduled.
    — NBC News, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Its handholds are 2 inches wide by about 6 inches long, set 1 inch in from each outside edge.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 21 Mar. 2018
  • On the ISS, Astrobee will float freely, using its robotic arm to grasp handholds and navigate the station.
    — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2017
  • Made from 100 percent silk satin fabric with a handhold hem, the scarf is the perfect mix of timeless and trendy with its warped checker print pattern and green, navy, and cream hue.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Climber Mayan Smith-Gobat would have to descend the neighboring rock face and swing herself across a channel on a rope to grab a handhold.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 22 July 2019
  • GMOs have been a convenient handhold on a big, slippery problem.
    — Tamar Haspel, Vox, 24 July 2018
  • A bareback bronco rider doesn’t use a saddle or rein, gripping a handhold attached to a strap that fastens around a horse’s girth.
    — Tom McGhee, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2017
  • Beware of the ones without rubber handles; always use a pot holder as the heat conducts to the ceramic handholds.
    — Maxine Builder, Slate Magazine, 12 Dec. 2017
  • People trying to climb onto the ladder can’t get a handhold; people on the ladder’s bottom rungs get flung off by people nearer the top.
    — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 21 June 2018
  • The hoods are taller than those found on Shimano’s Ultegra and Dura-Ace levers in order to provide a more secure handhold when riding rough roadswith hands perched on top of the levers.
    — Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 18 May 2020
  • The system even makes a rough 3-D scan of the environment for elements like the floor and handholds, to provide context for the animator.
    — Mark Brown, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2011
  • Somerville Mayor Katjana Ballantyne stood in the center of a shuttle bus aisle, gripping a handhold and craning her neck to get a better view out the bus’s front window at the street.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Our test car came with the optional $2050 safety cage, which provided some handholds for entry.
    — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But other handholds truly are the places where the senator can get in there and throw elbows and try to make a difference for people locally.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 9 Feb. 2017
  • They’re made mainly of plywood, covered sparingly with handholds like those at a climbing gym.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2019
  • The pattern, called Coven, shows stark-white women (at the Wing not all of the women are white) heavily outlined, blindfolded and naked, frozen in balletic handholds.
    — Katherine Bernard, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Besides the vibration reduction, the rubber sleeves and handholds protected the Swirl Killer during our drop test.
    — Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
  • But no matter what Silicon Valley tries to tell you, a cool new device—even one as cool as a handhold cyanide detector—isn't enough to solve such a deeply rooted problem.
    — Jason Bittel, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017

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