How to Use handshake in a Sentence

handshake

noun

• He has a firm handshake.
• She greeted him with a handshake.
• That sanity comes in the smiles, the handshakes, the hip checks, the high-fives and the howls.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 13 June 2023
• The movie features a handshake, a kiss on the cheek and a kiss on the forehead.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023
• There were hugs and handshakes aplenty on the field prior to the game.
  — Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2023
• Prince William is then the first to do handshakes with the greeters, and Kate then follows his lead.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Prince Louis, too, is learning the art of the royal handshake.
  — Town & Country, 14 July 2023
• Judging by the clenched handshake bro hug, the love was real.
  — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2023
• The lawsuit notes that the tech doesn't need a handshake with the wireless access point.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Nov. 2023
• Prince William is then the first to exchange handshakes with the greeters, and Kate then follows his lead.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Garcetti smiled as the president pulled him in close for a handshake.
  — Courtney Subramanian, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• There’s a lot to look forward to this season—who will get the first handshake from Paul?
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2023
• In the episode — the third of Season 35 — Homer jokes that all of those years strangling Bart have paid off with a firm handshake.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
• And each one drew a small crowd on the side of the room to jostle for a closer photo, hug or handshake.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
• The contract talks finally reached the handshake point at 3 a.m. PT on Feb. 23.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• Locals filled the street and lined up against the Thompsons’ fence, vying to catch a smile — or maybe a handshake — from Carter.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
• Again, this is the handshake for Jesse Brown, no one's heard this story before.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
• The handshake was smooth, showing that these two have been working to perfect it.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Oct. 2023
• But when games end with handshakes and smiles those kind of details are easy to overlook.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
• Postgame handshakes can be skipped in the case of fans entering the playing surface.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023
• There were smiles for the camera, handshakes, warm words and the unveiling of a couple of agreements.
  — Michael Beckley, The Conversation, 17 Nov. 2023
• Next would come car rides and ceremonies and handshakes.
  — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• These days, the peculiar promise that memoir is true is more a wink and a nudge than a solemn handshake.
  — Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• As usual, the agreement was verbal, sealed with a nod and a handshake, not contracts or lawyers.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• The autograph signing at the VShojo booth was inspired by the handshake event.
  — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2022
• Pushups, handshakes, and dance parties: J Hus and Burna Boy are having a boys’ night out.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
• It’s not fated to happen, their handshake, their quick little meet-and-greet.
  — Bart Bull, SPIN, 10 Feb. 2023
• William later met with Biden at the library, and the two greeted one another with a warm handshake around 3 p.m.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• The one where David Schwimmer gets a Paul Hollywood handshake!
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• Top marks to Payne, too, for concluding his fable not with a hug but with a handshake, in a sunlit New Year.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024