Examples of 'hand-wringing' in a sentence

Meaning of "hand-wringing"

hand-wringing (verb) - the action or gesture of rubbing one's hands together in a twisting or squeezing motion, often done as a physical expression of worry, anxiety, indecision, or agitation. It can symbolize a state of emotional distress, helplessness, or anticipation in response to difficult circumstances or troubling events
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Enough of the hand-wringing and crocodile tears.
If you would just quit your hand-Wringing.
I am afraid the hand-wringing will have to wait.
There will be a great deal of sweating and hand-wringing.
There is lots of hand-wringing over the date.
Usually there are so many meetings and hand-wringing.
But this angst and hand-wringing simply is not convincing.
Hand-wringing will not absolve us from our responsibility in a situation of genocide.
There was too much hand-wringing and not enough joy.
Hand-wringing and decreasing head growth may occur, but not enough to draw attention.
If you just quit your hand-wringing and open yourself up.
The hand-wringing over Olympic failure would be left to the Russians and Swedes.
Globalization 's cheerleaders are all hand-wringing about the widespread opposition to trade pacts.
But there was no objecting, no hand-wringing.
Meaning we can not be seen hand-wringing in front of the national security adviser.

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All this competition has led to considerable hand-wringing in the West.
I understand that the hand-wringing and the second-guessing are all part of your process.
And my heir will soon put all of this damnable hand-wringing to rest himself.
There is much hand-wringing about how to make a proper Carbonara.
This thematic debate can not be an occasion for either international hand-wringing or international back-slapping.
There is a lot of hand-wringing about Robert Griffin III right now.
Others have reacted with hand-wringing.
There is much soul-searching and hand-wringing these days about the appropriate role for government.
Rosie, there is no need for all this hand-wringing.
There has been plenty of hand-wringing and the usual moralising at the UN.
We need delivery on policy, not wish lists and hand-wringing.
Well, there is been a lot of hand-wringing how this film will be received in the South.
I just want to avoid any kind of secret-keeping or hand-wringing.
Meaning what? Meaning we can not be seen hand-wringing in front of the national security advisor.
And open yourself up, if you would just quit your hand-wringing.
A decade and a half ago, Congress was hand-wringing about impending shortages of oil and natural gas.
I suppose they are useful, but they are such losers, with their endless hand-wringing.
The Republican Party has been doing a lot of hand-wringing and finger-pointing since the presidential election.
Hand-wringing over Iran 's nuclear program is nothing new.
So this figure prompted a lot of hand-wringing in Whitehall.
Damnable hand-wringing to rest himself.
And slow-motion surrender to thugs, punks and hand-wringing liberals.
Meaning we can not be seen hand-wringing in front of the National Security Advisor.
I am feeling the calculating stare, but where 's the villainous hand-wringing and maniacal laugh?
Without the hand-wringing cretins of the court!
If it were so, we would not be hand-wringing over PNB.
Remember, hand-wringing liberal ideals will not keep you safe.
I should have been wise to Berman's hand-wringing act.
Punks and hand-wringing liberals.
No canvassing. Usually there are so many meetings and hand-wringing.
The time for hand-wringing is over.
The hand-wringing comes as the saga around Tesla Model 3 production wears on.
Nothing . Seems like a whole lot of hand-wringing for nothing.
So, let us save the hand-wringing and future-predicting for another day and keep it simple.
Meaning what? Meaning we can not be seen hand-wringing in front.

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