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handwringing
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hand·wring·ing or hand wringing  (hndrngng)
n.
1. Clasping and squeezing of the hands, often in distress.
2. An excessive expression of distress: handwringing by some experts over the state of the economy.
handwringer, hand wringer n.


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After much soul searching and hand wringing over ho would be honored as the 2006 Skater of the Year, we had what alcoholics refer to as a moment of clarity.
Bluntly put by Swenson, Eric / Thrasher
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Several people were talking about the difficulty of attracting young men to a life of celibacy, and after the usual lamentations and hand wringing, someone offered the shopworn response that we must pray for the Holy Spirit to speak to us.
The spirit speaks by Thiel, Catherine / Commonweal
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