How to Use hand up in a Sentence

hand up

verb
  • Brown ran through the hole with his hands up.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • No one has thrown their hands up and said enough.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The bystander puts his hands up.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Smith tossed his hands up at the penalty.
    — Arkansas Online, 28 Nov. 2025
  • So why not just throw your hands up instead?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • And nine out of ten put their hands up into the air.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Close put her hands up and shrugged off the moment.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Press your right hand into the floor and lift the left hand up.
    — Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Not a bad look, but Smith got his hands up and stole the pass.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Burke put his hand up, and Baker met it.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Barcelona’s No 10 puts his hand up for a pass.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And every now and then, one of us may fall and may need that hand up.
    — MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 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
  • Dubinion threw his hands up in the air.
    — Emma Moon, Charlotte Observer, 30 Aug. 2025
  • And some were normal people who had raised their hands up.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Two other teens exit the back seat with their hands up.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Karhut slowly emerges from the driver side with his hands up.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The driver put their hands up, and the press was ushered away.
    — Samuel Schaffer, Washington Examiner, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Biden raised both his hands up and laughed along with the confusion.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 24 May 2024
  • The one who needs a hand up, a better fit, or simply a chance.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 June 2025
  • Gella put her hand up as well, and Orin moved to pull her back.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Weinstein put his hand up her skirt to her thigh and asked her for a kiss.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Stines walked out of the room with hands up and turned himself over to police.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
  • He can be seen holding his hands up above his head to mimic a shark fin.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The singer is then seen standing up, putting his hands up, and backing away.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Nix had to throw it away and tossed his hands up after getting up from the turf.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Now tilt your hand slightly up—don't resist, just let the air push your hand up.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 26 July 2024
  • None of the women were putting their hands up in front of their faces during that scene.
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Put his hand up on his shoulder, and kinda run it down his arm, and things like that.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Officers approach the pair and tell them to stop and put their hands up.
    — The Enquirer, 27 Feb. 2024

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