How to Use handprint in a Sentence

handprint

noun
  • There was blood on the walls, the floor, [bloody] handprints.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But left what appears to be the arm and handprint.
    — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Well then, these bloody handprint window clings are the item for you.
    — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 3 Oct. 2019
  • My shirt is covered in light brown stains, and greasy handprints smear my jeans.
    — Nick Stockton, WIRED, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Let your kids paint their hands and stamp handprints on white paper or poster board.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The earliest works of art were handprints on the walls of caves.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • Let sticky handprints and homemade murals be a thing of the past.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The actor carries a cane and has a bloody handprint across his cheek.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The actor emerges later with a bloody handprint smeared on his face.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Some children showed up at school with bruises in the shape of a handprint.
    — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Let sticky handprints and homemade murals be a thing of the past.
    — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Her lip was split, her eye was black and a handprint was visible on her neck.
    — Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Small sketches, as tiny as a handprint, are stacked on tables.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2021
  • And not the ones with the kiddos handprints on it, just the shiny red balls with the cracks in them.
    — Amos Morale Iii, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Deputies found two bloody handprints on the pickup's tailgate.
    — Michael Dorgan , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2025
  • Each red ball branded with a small white handprint and left to dry on the sill in the classroom.
    — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The handprints and depiction of a large moose were hundreds of years old.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
  • The other cleat had some scribbles and the handprint of the youngest daughter.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 21 June 2021
  • What better way to remember those tiny handprints than this adorable bat?
    — Ellen Sturm Niz, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Some traveled to Italy and held up handmade signs with their handprints and names.
    — Ciara Moran, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Parents can make a handprint or footprint keepsake of their child.
    — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 20 June 2017
  • One handprint and one footprint can fit in this adorable frame, along with two photos of baby.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • At least one of the rooms had dark streaks and handprints on the walls that appeared to be excrement.
    — Maya Alleruzzo and Salar Salim, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
  • One campaign worker was willing to talk about her face paint, of a red handprint around her mouth and jaw.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Many young women who covered their mouths with bright red handprints vowed to speak for those who have been silenced.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
  • Use to create handprints and layer them for a beautiful and unique piece of art.
    — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Use to create handprints and layer them for a beautiful and unique piece of art.
    — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • And a handprint found inches from where the shooting occurred did not belong to him.
    — Dperry, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • On the side, with the handprints of the team’s 10 seniors, along with their names and initials.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2017
  • One eerie photo captured a large handprint on the window of the three-storied home.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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