Read full poem →Worm-eaten pages, clasped in old brown vellum, shrunk
From over-handling, by some anxious monk.
Or Virgin's Hours, bright with gold and graven
Dictionary Entry
The way in which something or someone is dealt with, managed, or controlled; the act of touching, holding, or manipulating something.
In a Sentence
“The careful handling of the fragile antique vase required extreme precision and a steady hand.”
Origin
From Old English handlian "to touch, feel, deal with," from hand.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “handling”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →After the sunburn of the day
handling a pitchfork at a hayrack,
after the eggs and biscuit and coffee,
Read full poem →We had to pass exams. We marched around the field. We practiced the
Manual of Arms. Handling the rifle during various drills was bad for me.
[had boils on my shoulders. Sometimes when I slammed the rifle against
Read full poem →Through the priest's wholesome counsel lately taught,
And through their own fair handling wisely wrought,
That they a benefice 'twixt them obtained;
Read full poem →"... His handling of Greek themes reveals him as a lyrical poet of
inimitable charm and skill."--'Reedy's Mirror'.
Read full poem →see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding
the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.
Read full poem →"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
We wear our fingers rough with handling them.
Oh, just another kind of out-door game,
Read full poem →of English poetic style. So, in many minor ways, he shuffled
contrast and climax, and the like, adept in the handling
of poetic rhetoric that he had come to be; but in three ways
Read full poem →poetry should be, that they are. And if a new breath of
imagery and handling can do anything for our poetry, that
new breath these poems bring....