How to Use handprint in a Sentence

handprint

noun
Definition of handprintnext
  • There was blood on the walls, the floor, [bloody] handprints.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • And not the ones with the kiddos handprints on it, just the shiny red balls with the cracks in them.
    — Amos Morale Iii, NOLA.com, 11 Dec. 2017
  • On the side, with the handprints of the team’s 10 seniors, along with their names and initials.
    — Matthew Vantryon, Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2017
  • The earliest works of art were handprints on the walls of caves.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • The other cleat had some scribbles and the handprint of the youngest daughter.
    — Matt Young, Chron, 21 June 2021
  • The project boasts 14 tracks in total, and RZA's handprints are all over the effort.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Apr. 2019
  • Each red ball branded with a small white handprint and left to dry on the sill in the classroom.
    — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Well then, these bloody handprint window clings are the item for you.
    — Courtney Thompson, CNN Underscored, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The actor carries a cane and has a bloody handprint across his cheek.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Some children showed up at school with bruises in the shape of a handprint.
    — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2023
  • If Dad loves throwing the ball around with the kids, grab one from the toy basket and ink a handprint on top.
    — Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The group stuck close to the side wall of the cave, and dark handprints still mark the walls where the explorers brushed charcoal-smudged hands against the rock.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 29 May 2019
  • At least one of the rooms had dark streaks and handprints on the walls that appeared to be excrement.
    — Maya Alleruzzo and Salar Salim, Fox News, 29 Apr. 2018
  • This past spring, Nowell was in Spain to view Ice Age cave handprints.
    — Jaimie Seaton, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • The handprints and depiction of a large moose were hundreds of years old.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2016
  • The actor emerges later with a bloody handprint smeared on his face.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Let your kids paint their hands and stamp handprints on white paper or poster board.
    — Christina Montoya Fiedler, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Sanders also made handprint quilts for children in the ICU.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • As the game continues, Sam gets covered in handprints where the dead have touched him.
    — Time, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Her lip was split, her eye was black and a handprint was visible on her neck.
    — Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The door frame leading to the room where Buchler’s body was found had a bloody handprint, police wrote in a report.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The white board behind his desk had his 3-year-old son Pierce's name written down and some handprints but not much else.
    — Andrew Lopez, NOLA.com, 18 May 2017
  • Small sketches, as tiny as a handprint, are stacked on tables.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 2 Mar. 2021
  • One campaign worker was willing to talk about her face paint, of a red handprint around her mouth and jaw.
    — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2020
  • And a handprint found inches from where the shooting occurred did not belong to him.
    — Dperry, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One handprint and one footprint can fit in this adorable frame, along with two photos of baby.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Use to create handprints and layer them for a beautiful and unique piece of art.
    — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • No matter how many times it was washed away, her bloody handprint is said to have reappeared on the wall of the room at 13 Miller's Court where her body was found.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • There was a small handprint on the paper; not a photograph, not a painting—the hand had been rubbed with some soot and pressed down on to the paper.
    — Suketu Mehta, Time, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Luna’s family members decorated part of the mural with their handprints in red paint, signing their names next to their hands.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Apr. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'handprint.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: