How to Use hand-holding in a Sentence

hand-holding

noun
  • There's no hand-holding, though.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • There’s no spoon-feeding or hand-holding.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
  • There are no more smiles and no more hand-holding, only two sad adults.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Much hand-holding was required.
    — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The service Don't expect any hand-holding here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The math starts to favor hiring an experienced worker who needs less hand-holding.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • Regular feedback doesn't have to mean long meetings or emotional hand-holding either.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Ratner captures lots of hand-holding, little connection.
    — Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Beyond the yachts themselves, the yards are working hard to secure younger clients, with more hand-holding during the sale process and build period than ever before.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 May 2026
  • Cross-train staff, delegate decision making early, and build a leadership layer that doesn’t need hand-holding.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That balance is always important, between difficulty and hand-holding.
    — Chris Plante, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone gathers in the seance room for a little Practical Magic–esque spell-casting hand-holding.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Adams views these interventions not as hand-holding, but as essential adaptations to a new workplace culture, where transparency, constant feedback, and a search for meaning are fundamental.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The two played a game of Barrymore Bingo, featuring staple moments that happen in practically every interview, like hand-holding or getting curled up on the couch.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
  • OpenAI is now offering agents that are more about automating workflows—logging into applications, executing tasks, and managing tasks without much human hand-holding.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • And in the sweetest bit of romance so far, Lady Bridgerton herself seems one step closer to acting on her attraction to Lady Danbury's brother Lord Anderson (Daniel Francis), with the two sharing a (scandalous) moment of hand-holding at the ball.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • In the middle of the episode, the pop superstar — who demonstrated visible PDA with Travis, 35, throughout the podcast's two-hour duration (kissing, hand-holding and all) — discussed her obsession with numerology, particularly her fascination with the number 13.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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