handling
IPA: hˈændɫɪŋ
noun
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
- (obsolete) The mechanism for handling or manipulating something.
- (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
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Examples of "handling" in Sentences
- Handling was soft and ponderous.
- Ceylon Records - the label handling - American U.S.
- The handle is detachable to facilitate handling of the line.
- I hope that judge will be fair in handling the sentencing phase.
- Congratulations to the Indonesian Police and its Densus 88, which made a big step in handling terorism in Indonesia.
- In case of mass incident, it is common for the government to repress the Han Chinese, but they would be very careful in handling Uyghur people's protest.
- I'm worried my local Phoenix police force, whom are already stetched thin, will be even more diluted in handling community issues more pressing than non violent illegal immigrant processing.
- He commends the decision taken by the Scottish government (though, like many, is suspicious of the reasons behind it), and is critical of the behaviour of the Libyan authorities in handling the issue:
- On Monday, the National Prosecuting Authority announced it would drop corruption charges against Zuma, saying the taped conversations between former NPA head Bulelani Ngcuka and former Scorpions boss Leonard McCarthy pointed to an “abuse of process” in handling the Zuma case.
- The personnel at the Chicago airport were polite and obviously embarrassed as they informed us we could not hand carry those two gift bottles of expensive tequila on board and would either have to check them through where, they assured us, the bottles would definitely be broken in handling or leave the tequila in Chicago.
- Once they return home, if they are injured in the war in a combat activity, as both John and Kevin were, eventually the US government is going to pay back the insurance companies for the cost of care for these guys, and then they will add another 15 percent fee on top of that to pay the carriers like what they call a handling fee or a processing fee.