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:

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

  • 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.

  • It is appropriate, of course, to attack hand-wringing commentators who offer lame explanations for teen violence, and many of you did--target commentators; not offer lame ...

  • The paper goes on to characterize international reaction thus far as "public condemnations and much hand-wringing," and also notes a problem with a proposed interposition of a U.N. peacekeeping force: China, which can veto such a move, is believed to be opposed to it.


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