How to Use handful in a Sentence

handful

noun

• The children collected seashells by the handful.
• Our dog is a real handful.
• The union is one of a handful that has called for a cease-fire in the war.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• The project was abandoned in 1970, but a handful of cars were made.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 16 May 2023
• Reduce the heat to low and fold in both cheeses, one handful at a time.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2024
• The diss track broke a handful of Guinness World Records.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 31 May 2023
• Here are a handful of condiments called for in many Asian recipes.
  — Katie Workman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• It’s launched a handful of new Fresh stores in recent months.
  — Annie Palmer,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2024
• One of the twins reached into the ground, then pulled out a handful of ants and licked his fingers clean.
  — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2024
• Apart from a handful of songs, Gaga spends most of the movie in the literal background.
  — Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
• Mix a couple of handfuls of grass seed with a scoop of garden soil.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2024
• The singer, who first rose to fame with the band One Direction, has been linked to a handful of women through the years.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
• Over the years, Lamb’s has revived the production a handful of times.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• And, of course, a handful of Grammy Moments ™ were made.
  — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
• The project is just one of a handful of off-campus student housing projects planned for the UCF area.
  — Tyler Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2024
• Still, a handful of US states broke ground on new charger sites last fall.
  — Aarian Marshall matt Simon, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
• Only a handful of counties in the commonwealth are free of the pest.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 5 June 2023
• But much of this new revenue has come from a small handful of customers.
  — Ian King, Fortune, 22 May 2024
• The town is home to a dollar store, a senior center, and a handful of bars and restaurants.
  — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• But even then, what will Bryce Young look like with a handful of starts under his belt?
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• Here’s a look at a handful of the standout performances.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2023
• The journey began with a handful of stores in metro Atlanta.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
• Here’s a look at a handful of players from the Sooners’ 2023 class that could have the biggest impact.
  — Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2023
• His best work came in the first handful of minutes in the second period.
  — Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
• The new movie nudges the material into our own era in a handful of ways.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• Two decades ago, there were only a handful of sonar devices in the Great Lakes, Lusardi said.
  — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2024
• Take a look at a handful of California laws that may seem a bit bizarre.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2024
• Crazy enough, Louis started playing the guitar just a handful of years ago.
  — Tricia Despres, Peoplemag, 29 Apr. 2024
• Seacrest agreed that among the hundreds of thousands of people are a handful of proposals.
  — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
• With a handful of exceptions, most of the games on our list have been home games, for obvious reasons.
  — Sean McIndoe, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025