How to Use handbill in a Sentence

handbill

noun
  • Some of the same type used on those handbills can be found at Hatch today.
    Jon Waterhouse, CNN, 7 June 2017
  • The chapel turned in the handbills and filed a report with the Houston Police Department.
    Allyn West, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
  • Their faces stare out from the FBI’s website and from handbills taped to windows and lampposts across Woodland.
    Darrell Smith, sacbee, 21 Oct. 2017
  • In the months after the Be-In, gorgeously eccentric handbills began to appear around the Haight.
    Longreads, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Bring your inventive ideas, handbills, and business cards.
    chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Ray's handbill says he was born in Uptown and has volunteered on the campaigns of both Democrats and independent candidates around the country.
    Richard Rainey, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • Photos of the inflammatory handbills have been making the social-media rounds since April.
    OregonLive.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • In its early days, the Defender consisted of four-page, six-column handbills, filled with local news tidbits and clippings from other papers.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 July 2019
  • Wander through the decades-old photographs and ribbons, tickets and souvenirs, handbills and newspaper articles.
    Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Menil Collection security discovered the paint and handbills around 5:30 a.m., Leslie said.
    Allyn West, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
  • Milton also ran off handbills exposing alleged wrongdoings in the city, such as the San Antonio Country Club receiving unfair tax abatements or the electric company raising rates for no reason.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The shows: Reflecting the spontaneous nature of the music, Dylan insisted that shows be announced spur-of-the-moment style, with little or no formal advertising, relying instead on handbills distributed perhaps a few days before each show.
    Randy Lewis, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • There’s a mini treasure trove of information stored in the Gardendale area — contracts, receipts, handbills, posters and more — documenting a slew of vintage performances presented by an Alabama promoter, Peace Concerts.
    Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, AL.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Unauthorized solicitation and materials such as handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, giveaways and samples.
    Ed Masley, azcentral, 21 Feb. 2020
  • No unauthorized solicitation and materials including handbills, flyers, stickers, beach balls, give-aways, samples, etc.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017

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