What is "hands in"

Usage examples of "hands in".

Once I got it home, I yanked the hood off, stuck my hands in, and began switching cards around.

I want to get up and superintend, and walk round with my hands in my pockets, and tell him what to do.

Paxton paused, then grinned suddenly and raised both hands in surrender.

He and Violet left the cafe and sauntered down the lazy, tree-shaded college lane, and the first thing they knew, they were holding hands in the darkened mezzanine of the University Circle Theatre.

Caught between two forces, some of the Canadians went down, some threw down their rifles and threw up their hands in surrender, and some, the hard cases, dug in among the pines and firs and spruces to make the Americans pay a high price for them.

Often, they begin swaying back and forth with their hands in the air while sitting in their chairs.

He stopped at her desk and leaned against it casually, his hands in the pockets of his brown slacks.

Obviously everything we've had on our hands in dealing with the fallout from the coup attempt has disorganized all our schedules, but to be perfectly honest, there were some political considerations, as well.

She sat in her command chair, clasping her hands in her lap to keep from gnawing her fingernails.

The expression on the face of the man who, with his hands in his pockets, stands by the stern, smoking a cigar, is sufficient to excuse a breach of the peace by itself.

Zolraag spread clawed hands in a very human seeming gesture of frustration.

The Great Lady Holi and Sati were still seated before him, quietly, their hands in their laps.

Before it had been so dark that they could hardly see their hands in front of their faces.