[
UK
/hˈæŋki/
]
NOUN
- a square piece of cloth used for wiping the eyes or nose or as a costume accessory
How To Use hankie In A Sentence
- 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!’
- He wore a gray suit with, unlike other board members, no pocket hankie.
- All you will be left with are hankies to wipe your tears.
- But you just want to sit here and give me a loving description of his character, and cry into my hankie. THE INNOCENT
- At the three-hankie end of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," Francie Nolan and her kid brother look out from their tenement rooftop to the skyline of Manhattan. From Dinaw Mengestu, A 'How To' With Few Answers
- Given the theme - children separated from their parents - Kindertransport could easily have been a multi-hankie weeper.
- But other factors contribute as well. Hankie says amid uncertainty and volatility in global stock markets, many investors have pulled pored money in commodities, such as oil. T.
- Some try their best to comfort you, hand you a tissue or hankie, trying to soothe you with some soft words. But then there are some who will hold you and hug you.
- Among those who will not be weeping into their hankies over his ‘resignation’ are the poor beggars in York he put out of work.
- From shopping receipts to hankies, napkins to the tiniest scraps of paper became handy as they literally mobbed the Hyderabadi beauty for her signature.