How to Use handful in a Sentence

handful

noun

• The children collected seashells by the handful.
• Our dog is a real handful.
• The union is one of a handful that has called for a cease-fire in the war.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The project was abandoned in 1970, but a handful of cars were made.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
• The diss track broke a handful of Guinness World Records.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 31 May 2023
• It’s launched a handful of new Fresh stores in recent months.
  — Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
• One of the twins reached into the ground, then pulled out a handful of ants and licked his fingers clean.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
• Apart from a handful of songs, Gaga spends most of the movie in the literal background.
  — Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
• Mix a couple of handfuls of grass seed with a scoop of garden soil.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2024
• Over the years, Lamb’s has revived the production a handful of times.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• And, of course, a handful of Grammy Moments ™ were made.
  — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
• The project is just one of a handful of off-campus student housing projects planned for the UCF area.
  — Tyler Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Still, a handful of US states broke ground on new charger sites last fall.
  — Aarian Marshall matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
• Only a handful of counties in the commonwealth are free of the pest.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
• But much of this new revenue has come from a small handful of customers.
  — Ian King, Fortune, 22 May 2024
• The town is home to a dollar store, a senior center, and a handful of bars and restaurants.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• But even then, what will Bryce Young look like with a handful of starts under his belt?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• The new movie nudges the material into our own era in a handful of ways.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Two decades ago, there were only a handful of sonar devices in the Great Lakes, Lusardi said.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
• Take a look at a handful of California laws that may seem a bit bizarre.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
• Crazy enough, Louis started playing the guitar just a handful of years ago.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2024
• The staff swears by its checklist of how to please patrons, a handful of to-dos that have sent diners home happy.
  — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
• But only a handful of smaller projects have gone up since.
  — Brittany Peterson and Sibi Arasu, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
• Denver will be a handful for either the Warriors or the Lakers.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2023
• McCarthy has only four votes to lose in the House, which could give a handful of members the power to halt a default.
  — Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
• Its awards-season titles rarely hit #1 and often chart for a handful of days.
  — Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 17 June 2024
• Of the many, many cameos and guest stars in Deadpool & Wolverine, there were only a handful of actors fans were surprised not to see in the film.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• The tour marks their first time playing together, apart from a handful of Hawkins tribute shows, in more than a year.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 June 2023
• Under Nexstar, spending was slashed and live sports and weekend programming joined the fold, and unscripted fare elbowed out all but a small handful of the prior slate.
  — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
• Meta has reportedly fired a handful of staffers who have been abusing the company’s $25 meal stipend, spending the money on nonfood items or having meals delivered to their homes.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024