How to Use hand up in a Sentence

hand up

verb

• Her way out of the yes or no, hand up or down for Trump?
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
• Press your right hand into the floor and lift the left hand up.
  — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
• Reach your left hand up and over your head to feel a stretch in the left side of your body.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
• The driver put their hands up, and the press was ushered away.
  — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
• Finally, the teens emerged from the car with their hands up.
  — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2024
• The ball boy then put his hands up and moved out of the way just in time to miss any contact with the ball.
  — Karen Fratti, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
• The one who needs a hand up, a better fit, or simply a chance.
  — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
• Stines walked out of the room with hands up and turned himself over to police.
  — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
• One of the teens was shot and the other put his hands up and walked backwards away from Leto.
  — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
• Somebody else will stick their hand up and help solve it.
  — Ayesha Javed, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
• They were told to keep their hands up and out of the vehicle, the woman says.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• Gella put her hand up as well, and Orin moved to pull her back.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
• None of the women were putting their hands up in front of their faces during that scene.
  — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
• The gesture is a hand up, palm out, with the thumb tucked, then folding the fingers down.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
• Jeremy, 33, threw his hands up in the air and picked up Audrey and spun her around.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• Biden raised both his hands up and laughed along with the confusion.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
• At one point, Swift even raised her hands up in the air in excitement.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
• Footage of the awkward moment showed William give a wry smile and put his hand up to his throat.
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
• The victim can be seen on his knees with his hands up in the air facing the passing cars.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2023
• The singer is then seen standing up, putting his hands up, and backing away.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Side bends Put your right hand up in the air and lean to the left, then switch sides with your left hand up in the air and leaning to the right.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 3 Sep. 2024
• Once there, Mohamed put his hand up her skirt and groped her, Ms. Louw said.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
• Karhut slowly emerges from the driver side with his hands up.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
• Officers approach the pair and tell them to stop and put their hands up.
  — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024
• Surveillance video shows the bouncer turn around and, upon seeing the weapon, put his hands up.
  — Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2026
• And some were normal people who had raised their hands up.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
• But videos from the scene show Pretti approaching officers with his hands up and a phone in his right hand.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 26 Jan. 2026
• Pretti steps between them, holding his hands up as the officer sprays a substance toward his face.
  — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
• Commenters raised concerns that police opened fire on a man with his hands up.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
• The 64-year-old threw his hands up briefly in triumph after Mendoza scored.
  — Alanis Thames, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026