cupped hand
Frequency: 6.85.2 per million words
describes the shape of a hand curved to hold something, like water or a small object
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Examples (10)
- He scooped up water from the stream in his cupped hand.
- She drank from the fountain using her cupped hands.
- The child held the tiny seashell gently in his cupped hand.
- He put his cupped hand to his ear to hear the faint whisper.
- The old man extended a cupped hand, silently asking for alms.
- Sand trickled through her fingers, despite her tightly cupped hands.
- She created a small, dark space for the firefly with her cupped hands.
- With a cupped hand, he shielded the candle flame from the sudden gust of wind.
- She looked down at the ladybug crawling across her cupped hand.
- He blew into his cupped hands to warm them up on the cold morning.