How to Use hand over in a Sentence

hand over

verb

• The title and the image were enough to persuade me to hand over my money.
  — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
• By the end of the song, Bon Jovi was standing in approval, holding his hands over his heart.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
• Lie with your back on a bench, a dumbbell held in your left hand over your shoulder, feet flat on the floor.
  — Men's Health, 9 Feb. 2023
• There will be no cushions to sit upon or wood grain to run your hand over.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
• An officer asked Knotts to get down and hand over his son, the reports say.
  — Kelli Smith, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The way to handle an untimely laugh is to cup your hand over your mouth and pass it off as a cough.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• That Peter’s father did hand over secrets and was a traitor, so to speak.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
• The entire society and schools work hard to hand over this to young people.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Aug. 2023
• The motion-sensing lid opens just by waving your hand over the top.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 4 Aug. 2023
• For 20 hours that day, Rosenfeld used the weight of his body to keep the door to his safe room shut as his wife kept her hand over their baby’s mouth.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• In the space of so much time, the American vet had come to realize the book was not too beautiful to hand over.
  — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Next, either put your hand over the end of your binoculars on the right side or cover this side with the lens cap.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2024
• The lawsuit signals Musk is refusing to hand over the funds.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 3 Jan. 2023
• Cut to that night as Kenny hands over the virus cultures to two suit-wearing men in a dark alley.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2024
• His mother put her hand over her chest in a farewell gesture, while his father put his arm around her.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• The French court ordered Guy and Alec to hand over the declaration of Daniel’s estate.
  — Rachel Corbett, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
• When the employees refused to hand over cash, the man pulled out a plastic bottle filled with a liquid.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• But do banks typically hand over large amounts of cash?
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
• The case has since been handed over to the District Attorney’s Office.
  — Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
• The property has changed hands over the years and previously served as a school.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
• When the informant told him the device would cost about $120, Smith handed over a down payment.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
• This followed the Taliban refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden, the architect of 9/11.
  — Andrea Stanton, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
• The man then walked to the front wearing a white skull mask and brandishing a firearm, and demanded the clerk hand over the money in the cash register.
  — Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2024
• To put it to the test, don’t forget to hand over this Anthropologie pajama top.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2023
• The city is handing over the reins to Taylor Swift, who’s sure to make the whole place shimmer for her two-night stay at Levi’s Stadium this month.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• The studio voluntarily handed over control of the film to the Pentagon, via Groves, and the White House.
  — Andy Kifer, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2023
• The fact that Liverpool still won 4-1 underlines the quality and depth in a squad that Klopp will soon be handing over.
  — Steve Douglas, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• Hire someone, check references, but don’t just hand over the baby and leave.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• While Blanchard hid in the bathroom with hands over her ears, Godejohn stabbed Dee Dee numerous times, killing her.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
• Agnes listened with her hand over her mouth, as if restraining herself from jumping in with a thought.
  — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024