How to Use fistful in a Sentence

fistful

noun

• She has won a fistful of awards.
• Fat fingers grabbed fistfuls of fruit, sending leaves raining down the forest floor like confetti.
  — Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2024
• Audience members, all dressed to impress, were ascending stairs to the stage to pay homage to a performing drag queen with a dramatic beso on each cheek and a fistful of pesos folded into fake cleavage.
  — David Dodge, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
• Char a fistful of jalapeños, then remove the seeds, skins, and stems.
  — Mark Bittman, GQ, 29 June 2017
• And Lee has a chance to come home with a fistful of hardware too.
  — Will Graves, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2021
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil (4–6 qt.) and add a small fistful of salt.
  — Claire Saffitz, Bon Appetit, 19 July 2017
• There’s the name, of course, and a menu that looks like it was drawn by an 8-year-old with a fistful of Highlighters.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Two large fistfuls of hair were stuck in its teeth, yanked loose like weak weeds from dirt.
  — Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• After four hours, one climbed down, seized a fistful of clay, and flew off.
  — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
• Luis Valentin derailed his life for two years over an iPhone and a fistful of cash.
  — Vinny Vella, Courant Community, 8 Sep. 2017
• Pick these golden-hued plants by hand and get a fistful of joy with each pluck.
  — Country Living, 22 Mar. 2023
• Thanks to the fistfuls of cheese and mayo, this popular dip can be over-the-top in terms of calories and fat.
  — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2018
• That was when the A’s were awash in star power, winning World Series by the fistful.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2023
• Rip off fistfuls of dough and stretch them into ovals slightly longer than the sausages.
  — Nina Mandell, For The Win, 2 Feb. 2018
• Then Doug stood up, towering over me, and grabbed a fistful of my hair.
  — Erin Zammett Ruddy, Marie Claire, 3 Aug. 2017
• The Jazz have gained a fistful of draft picks as a result of the dealing that sent Mitchell and Gobert to other teams.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• Over the past two seasons, the Browns have drafted 24 players and spent fistfuls of cash on free agents to overhaul the team.
  — cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• Simone Biles isn’t going home with a fistful of gold medals.
  — Will Graves, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2021
• The crab cake is soft and smells off; the broccolini is a fistful of green that’s both oily and acrid, with zero spark.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• There are still stripes of snow on the mountains, which are peppered here and there with fistfuls of pipe-cleaner pine trees.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 23 June 2017
• Both of my sandwiches had what looked to be a fistful of pickles stacked under the bun.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2021
• Or try adding a fistful of greens to smoothies, prepared soups and pasta sauce.
  — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2020
• Skip the olive oil and blend equal parts tahini and lemon juice with salt, a fistful of parsley and oodles of garlic.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• The coconut has a hole in the top just large enough for a monkey to insert its hand but not big enough to remove a fistful of rice.
  — Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2021
• Of course, for someone with fistfuls of cash to buy stocks, someone must be selling them.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
• Will Sean Spicer show up, fistfuls of cinnamon gum in tow?
  — Kasia Pilat, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018
• Olive Garden Nothing says love like a fistful of carbs.
  — Megan Marples, azcentral, 11 Feb. 2020
• On a decent day, the vein would produce a fistful of gold chips that could be exchanged for maybe a week’s food and supplies.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
• Chance — the half-naked guy on the left — waves around a fistful of lottery tickets above a golden urn, as if to taunt Fortune — the naked lady on the right.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• The attacker rushed at Artem with what appeared to be a fistful of tissue paper and socked him once in the right side of his stomach, Artem said.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024