Examples of handhold in a Sentence
she tried to maintain her tight handhold on the umbrella as the wind picked up
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Etherington’s team responded by rappelling the entire route, hand-cleaning every potential handhold with towels and baby wipes.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Inspired by the Japanese concept of interlocking wood puzzles, the adjustable, pre-fabricated climbing walls are stuffed with handholds that light up according to a set route.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2025
Making his way blindly back around the jagged metal shard, moving along the side of the Gemini—finding the handholds and Velcro and the ship’s aft cable without the benefit of vision, all the while battling to keep his heart rate under control—was no small thing.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
That would cut off access to the narrow gaps between train cars where subway surfers use handholds to hoist themselves onto the roof.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Feb. 2026
Inspired by the Japanese concept of interlocking wood puzzles, the adjustable, pre-fabricated climbing walls are stuffed with handholds that light up according to a set route.
—Mars King, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2025
Making his way blindly back around the jagged metal shard, moving along the side of the Gemini—finding the handholds and Velcro and the ship’s aft cable without the benefit of vision, all the while battling to keep his heart rate under control—was no small thing.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 Nov. 2025
That would cut off access to the narrow gaps between train cars where subway surfers use handholds to hoist themselves onto the roof.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for handhold
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“Handhold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handhold. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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