Get to know Handful better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like smattering or fistful.
Handful meaning
- The amount that a hand will grasp or contain.
- A hand's breadth; four inches.
- A small number, usually approximately five.
Synonyms of Handful
Using Handful
- The main meaning on this page is: The amount that a hand will grasp or contain. | A hand's breadth; four inches. | A small number, usually approximately five.
- Useful related words include: smattering, small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount, fistful.
- In the example corpus, handful often appears in combinations such as: handful of, only handful, of handful.
Context around Handful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handful
- In this selection, "handful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, best and headed stand out and add context to how "handful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a handful of antagonists and a handful of creators. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handful" sits close to words such as overseas, iraq and racial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
According to her, Carlos has been a hot-headed handful his entire life. (13 words)
AEW need a six-t0-twelve month period focused on a handful of key female talent. (16 words)
A handful of earlier Starship prototypes all exploded during landing attempts before the company finally got it right. (18 words)
Democrats’ path to a Senate majority has narrowed dramatically as the party underperformed expectations in a handful of the most expensive races in the country, but control of the Senate remains undecided with a handful of states still too close to call. (42 words)
After that, a Los Angeles-based escape room and a handful of murder mystery dinners across the country — and more commercials — helped to keep the word of mouth alive until the expensive star-studded sequel debuted on the service at Christmas time. (42 words)
The handful of schools are unique because they have some teachers who have returned to the classroom along with a handful of students who would do better with in-person instruction such as children with special needs. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
His character’s dolls are a handful, but they are handful, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
Democrats’ path to a Senate majority has narrowed dramatically as the party underperformed expectations in a handful of the most expensive races in the country, but control of the Senate remains undecided with a handful of states still too close to call.
The handful of schools are unique because they have some teachers who have returned to the classroom along with a handful of students who would do better with in-person instruction such as children with special needs.
Leia knows that risking what remains of the Resistance to save a handful of pilots, even their best handful, could kill all hope of their survival just hours after Luke died to keep it alive.
A-1 Studios easily ranks among the very best anime studios because of a handful of smash-hit series they produced, including Mashle: Magic and MusclesKaguya-Sama: Love is War.
A 6-0 run in the final minute along with a handful of Riverside Poly offensive rebounds saw the Tartans’ playoff hopes fade.
According to her, Carlos has been a hot-headed handful his entire life.
According to the report, the UK’s position is shared by only a handful of the 57 opinions sent to the court by member states and non-governmental organizations.
According to tradition, young men going into the army to do their military service would take a handful of earth from the area around tomb as a good-luck talisman, due to its holy status.
Adrian will play a handful of pieces for the intimate audience of prize winners, who will also get the unique opportunity to sit and chat to him about his music.
AEW need a six-t0-twelve month period focused on a handful of key female talent.
Afghanistan surpassed all expectations with four group-stage victories along with Pakistan, who were involved in two of the handful of close matches, both were denied the thrills of knockout cricket.
After some attempts at writing music, Wegz recorded his first song at 17 to have something private he could “share on his phone” with a handful of his friends.
After that, a Los Angeles-based escape room and a handful of murder mystery dinners across the country — and more commercials — helped to keep the word of mouth alive until the expensive star-studded sequel debuted on the service at Christmas time.
Against Southampton on Friday night, when Arsenal drew 3-3, Jesus wasted a handful of opportunities that would simply never have been spurned by his counterpart at City.
A group of researchers and environmental advocates wanted to find out when they began a litter analysis of a handful of cities along the river a few years ago.
A handful of antagonists act as the calculating masterminds behind the scenes that employ heavy hitters to do their dirty work.
A handful of creators are taking advantage of an open studio at the commercial space in downtown London, Ont.
A handful of earlier Starship prototypes all exploded during landing attempts before the company finally got it right.
A handful of flights, including one to Dublin, another to Palma, and one to Oporto are still due to take off this evening, though with lengthy delays.
Common combinations with handful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- handful of 185×
- only handful 18×
- of handful 12×
- just handful 11×
- with handful 10×
- are handful 9×
- the handful 6×
- than handful 5×
- on handful 4×
- and handful 4×