handrail

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Recent Examples of handrail Keep driveways and sidewalks free of ice and snow, and repair any step or handrail issues. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Jan. 2025 The new spike features consist of metal sheets with sharp edges installed on guardrails between turnstiles that are intended to stop fare beaters from using the gate handrails for leverage when jumping. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025 The arch on the Ohio side was painted in 2023, and this year, the handrails and western catwalk were spruced up. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2024 Pools and restaurants also include ramps and handrails. Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for handrail
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handrail
Noun
  • Warren could be seen guiding him gently, advising him to switch his lunch bag to his other hand and use the railing for support.
    Lydia Patrick, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • As Luka Dončić prepared to run out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ tunnel for his pregame warmup, he was serenaded with cheers and applause by multiple rows of fans wearing No. 77 Lakers and Slovenia jerseys lining the railings.
    Jovan Buha, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • We are ushered into a huge room that is decorated to resemble a residential square in Calcutta, with laundry hanging over the balustrades.
    Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Alba followed her through the slit sheet of plastic draped over the front door to keep the dust in, and on the landing leaned over the balustrade to watch her descent.
    Cormac James, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • When the hero ducks so that one baddie punches the other one, then backflips over a banister to two-leg kick the guy coming up from beneath?
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The tour begins in the couple's front entryway, where pink and green pastel ribbon bows adorn a banister leading upstairs.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The other children holding on to the bannisters, and my brother Franz standing at the door, pleading for peace with the German word Frieden.
    Hugo Hamilton, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2024
  • Kravitz approaches her and climbs up on the bannister, before lifting her up and giving her a huge hug.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 8 July 2024
Noun
  • Fire officials said one car rolled over and went through a guardrail causing heavy damage.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Finance/technology Trump revoked former President Biden's artificial intelligence guardrails and has since signed executive orders aimed at bolstering the country's competitiveness in AI and tech.
    Avery Lotz, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • America’s alliances and our military presence around the world serve as guard rails preventing humanity’s worst impulses from manifesting as conflicts that would risk the lives and prosperity of Americans.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2025
  • These synapses are supported by 'rail tracks' that enable the flow of essential nutrients and information, and they're called microtubules.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2025

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“Handrail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handrail. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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