Definition of hand-wringing in English:

hand-wringing

noun

mass noun

The excessive display of concern or distress.
this is no time for more hand-wringing about bias in the media
modifier it plays into the hands of hand-wringing liberals
Example sentencesExamples
- There were months of handwringing and hankie clutching and ‘how will we ever sleep again knowing that political activity took place in the People's House!’
- That was nearly thirty years ago, and over the years the delusion that an unlimited license to commit an unspeakable evil can be disguised or excused by a display of moral handwringing has become ever less convincing to ever more Americans.
- Though I don't recall the details, I remember a similar wave of handwringing in the 80s (?) about violent movies and television.
- There has been a vast amount of handwringing about the Hutton report on the BBC, including by some of our own fine writers, who seem to feel that the report is somehow a threat to the independence of the BBC.
- Right now, the argument that the war will have unforeseen and disastrous consequences may sound like handwringing, but it is doubtless true.
- But despite the handwringing over professionalization, it's also notable how little the political blogosphere has changed.
- The handwringing in the press is so severe you can hear the bird-bones of these desiccated scribes cracking as they conjur up the next Horrible Scenario.
- This is the end of the handwringing over the site's future.
- The only reason we made it through the handwringing of 2003 and 2004 was because the engineer had nerve.
- There has been much pious handwringing from the Democrats about the fate of poor Valerie Plame, but we have to put this into non-partisan perspective.
- She has vigorously supported the prosecution and incarceration of the gangbangers without the slightest public display of hesitation, handwringing, or apology.
- Throughout all the hullabaloo and spurious handwringing, the one constant was Booker, whose profits derived largely from the unglamorous cash-and-carry trade.
- I don't know if the tactic succeeded, but I don't believe it hurt the greater cause any, despite the handwringing about its ‘intemperence.’
- Rather, the trial was always about how the West saw itself in international affairs - and thus the death of Milosevic has become an occasion for handwringing about the West's role today.
- You make a good point, Kitty, and that's what the administration is saying, that we've heard this before, this naysaying, this handwringing.
- There is so much bleating and handwringing about Howard Dean being the nominee that I can't decide to laugh or vomit.
- As a card carrying neocon of the PNAC persuasion, he thinks that all this namby-pamby handwringing about poverty is rubbish.
- They have politely issued complaints, but they mostly have eschewed fingerpointing for handwringing.
- This is why we will see another swirling controversy around the Blown-Up Soccer Players commercial produced by the UN is going to lead to heads rolling and all sorts of handwringing.
- No handwringing, no declaiming the end of Western civilization due to loose-moraled hipsters and free agent nation types swapping spit and job leads on the Internet.

单词	hand-wringing
释义	Definition of hand-wringing in English: hand-wringing noun mass noun The excessive display of concern or distress. this is no time for more hand-wringing about bias in the media modifier it plays into the hands of hand-wringing liberals Example sentencesExamples There were months of handwringing and hankie clutching and ‘how will we ever sleep again knowing that political activity took place in the People's House!’ That was nearly thirty years ago, and over the years the delusion that an unlimited license to commit an unspeakable evil can be disguised or excused by a display of moral handwringing has become ever less convincing to ever more Americans. Though I don't recall the details, I remember a similar wave of handwringing in the 80s (?) about violent movies and television. There has been a vast amount of handwringing about the Hutton report on the BBC, including by some of our own fine writers, who seem to feel that the report is somehow a threat to the independence of the BBC. Right now, the argument that the war will have unforeseen and disastrous consequences may sound like handwringing, but it is doubtless true. But despite the handwringing over professionalization, it's also notable how little the political blogosphere has changed. The handwringing in the press is so severe you can hear the bird-bones of these desiccated scribes cracking as they conjur up the next Horrible Scenario. This is the end of the handwringing over the site's future. The only reason we made it through the handwringing of 2003 and 2004 was because the engineer had nerve. There has been much pious handwringing from the Democrats about the fate of poor Valerie Plame, but we have to put this into non-partisan perspective. She has vigorously supported the prosecution and incarceration of the gangbangers without the slightest public display of hesitation, handwringing, or apology. Throughout all the hullabaloo and spurious handwringing, the one constant was Booker, whose profits derived largely from the unglamorous cash-and-carry trade. I don't know if the tactic succeeded, but I don't believe it hurt the greater cause any, despite the handwringing about its ‘intemperence.’ Rather, the trial was always about how the West saw itself in international affairs - and thus the death of Milosevic has become an occasion for handwringing about the West's role today. You make a good point, Kitty, and that's what the administration is saying, that we've heard this before, this naysaying, this handwringing. There is so much bleating and handwringing about Howard Dean being the nominee that I can't decide to laugh or vomit. As a card carrying neocon of the PNAC persuasion, he thinks that all this namby-pamby handwringing about poverty is rubbish. They have politely issued complaints, but they mostly have eschewed fingerpointing for handwringing. This is why we will see another swirling controversy around the Blown-Up Soccer Players commercial produced by the UN is going to lead to heads rolling and all sorts of handwringing. No handwringing, no declaiming the end of Western civilization due to loose-moraled hipsters and free agent nation types swapping spit and job leads on the Internet.
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