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Meaning of handwringing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Examples

“Canada's decision to stand against an attempt by Cuba, China, Egypt and other egregious human rights violators to condemn Israel at a UN Human Rights Council meeting should be a matter of national pride, not national handwringing.”
“For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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