Example sentences for: hand-wringing

How can you use “hand-wringing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I certainly haven't seen much recently of the prestige media's dreadfully sententious hand-wringing along the lines of "Should we be dignifying with our attention these allegations about presidential fondling, as detailed in the following 62-page special report (and make sure not to miss the amazing revelations from the alleged victim's college roommate about her attitudes toward oral sex!)

  • Amid all the hand-wringing (especially on the sports pages) about whether Latrell Sprewell has been dealt with too harshly comes the voice of reason in the form of a letter to the NYT , which points out that if Sprewell had a real job, he'd be looking at permanent unemployment and criminal prosecution.

  • Fight Club , a movie about a fictional organization of men who strip down and beat each other to pulp, has provoked more than its share of media hand-wringing, particularly diatribes about Hollywood's infatuation with violence and Faludi-esque ruminations about the emasculated American male.

  • But I would ask whether Eleanor's public hand-wringing didn't provide him with cover for his inaction.

  • On the impeachment scene, one hand-wringing article decries the triumph of partisanship over any meaningful ideological principle.


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