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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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But in one rather maddening, frustrating, handwringing way, these Dodgers bear a striking re semblance to their recent, less-than-memorable forebears.
A GIANT STEP FORWARD L.A. FINALLY COMES THROUGH IN CLUTCH DODGERS 3, ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
We're frequently told, often to the accompaniment of much handwringing, that poetry needs readers.
One at a time by The Horn Book Magazine
But for all the public handwringing, precious little action has resulted from any quarter beyond the dispatch of a few dozen African Union monitors to document the deteriorating situation.
Handwringing over genocide by Connell, Dan / The Progressive
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