How to Use handrail in a Sentence

handrail

noun
  • The handrail looks like the flat piece and the newel post like a thick scroll.
    Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The lantern gallery's guard rail is black with a red handrail.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Turn to face the right handrail and step with your left foot out.
    NBC News, 3 Sep. 2017
  • One thing the skaters don’t love about China are the handrails.
    Wayne Ma, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The stairs were wide enough but uneven, and a handrail stretched on part of the way.
    Lauren Depino, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
  • One of the doors started to open up and some dude was trapped between the door and the handrail.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Kehaar flew up, circled the pool and perched on the handrail.
    Peter Rock, New York Times, 15 May 2018
  • At the end of the ramp, handrails are available to help users get out of and back into the chair.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • Like the railing around a deck, or the handrail alongside some stairs.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Large, broken pieces of the handrail were also shown scattered to the side of the porch.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • At the end of the track, a handrail allows users to disembark the chair and swim in the water.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • And don’t even think about slipping, because the handrails are just as filthy as the floor.
    Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2019
  • It's made with poured-in-place concrete and a handrail of rebar.
    Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Are there solid handrails on at least one side of the stairways?
    Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The front steps were still crumbling, and still nobody had bothered to build a handrail for the stairs.
    Miriam Toews, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Ginsburg usually grips a handrail to go down the few steps from the bench in the courtroom.
    Jessica Gresko, The Seattle Times, 27 Jan. 2018
  • There are also no handrails at the site, so be careful walking up and down the steps.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Once in the water, a handrail allows users to disembark the chair and swim in the water.
    Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 May 2023
  • Stairs in the aisles were given a non-slip coating and handrails were installed.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • And the back handrail was full of different-colored paints.
    Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 9 Oct. 2020
  • My husband is against installing a handrail because of the cost.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The restroom is on the dining-room level, spacious and equipped with a handrail.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 5 July 2018
  • In the bathroom, handrails and an entry level shower in the bath can help as well.
    Rachel Hartman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • But, lifting the handrail opens this treadmill desk up to a respectable 7.5-mph top speed.
    Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Another notable piece of artwork that’s out for all to see is the custom handrail in the front of the house.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 30 May 2024
  • Yes, there are a lot of people who will look at those drawings and then just do their own handrail.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Liu’s trails were like a poem carved onto a handrail in a stairway of the Louvre.
    Robert Moor, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2016
  • The effect is reinforced with glass balustrades and no handrails.
    Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
  • Pieces of weathered wood were made into the fireplace mantle and the newel and handrail on the stairway to the second floor.
    Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Mar. 2021
  • With so many caimans in the water, the conditions are not safe for younger kids, who might slip through the handrails and barricades, which are very easy to overcome.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2024

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