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Meanings of outspread hands in English

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Usage of outspread hands in English
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At Passy we were received with shrugging shoulders and outspread hands.
Dross
2
With half-crouching, half-running strides, he fell upon Inyan with outspread hands.
Old Indian Legends
3
She saw his outspread hands clutching the seam above; watched for them to let go.
Over the Pass
4
Mr. Hamilton-Wells dropped his outspread hands upon his knees.
The Heavenly Twins
5
The nails are hammered through His outspread hands.
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
6
Both were holding outspread hands to the fire.
The Man in the Twilight
7
Then the head auctioneer lifts up his voice, and prays, with downcast eyes and outspread hands.
Morocco
8
His knees were green from wounded shrubbery and grass, and his outspread hands tore unheeded plants.
The Best Short Stories of 1919, and the Yearbook of the American...
9
One, a fair young gentlewoman, with tears in her brown eyes, came forward hurriedly with outspread hands.
To Have and to Hold
10
Karl Steinmetz bowed gravely, with outspread hands.
The Sowers
11
The dark young man followed her with a wagging of the head and little jerks of both outspread hands.
Cheerful—By Request
12
Bertrand protested, with outspread hands.
The Rocks of Valpré
13
Oh, the little dark, quiet head, the motionless body, in its pink, crushed frock, the small, thin, outspread hands!
Seven Little Australians
14
She flung back her head, and her outspread hands supported her, resting on the tree-trunk on either side of her.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
15
Cousin Peligros smiled in rather a pinched way, and with a gesture of her outspread hands morally wiped the besiegers out.
The Velvet Glove
16
Togaro, the leader, himself had his dying master's back supported on his outspread hands, trying to staunch the flow of blood.
Edward Barry / South Sea Pearler
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