upper hand
/ˈhandʌpə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhandʌpə/
upperhand
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
upper - hand -> upper hand
Myanmar meaning
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- ‘Her slate was clutched in one shapely manicured hand, her low-volume silica mask perched on an unlined forehead, her gear a subtle symphony of colour co-ordination and understated wealth.’
- ‘The skin under his eyebrows was smooth and unlined.’
- ‘Her face was clear and her coffee-colored skin was unlined.’
- ‘His face was unlined, free from smile lines and frown creases.’
- ‘Although trained as a reporter to turn out copy on a typewriter, his papers show he quickly shifted to pencil and cheap, unlined sheets - which often reflect minimal revision when compared to the final version.’
- ‘I noticed a sheet of thin, unlined paper beside the case that held the incredibly deadly drug.’
- ‘The door opened to reveal a petite woman with immaculately styled black hair, a pale, unlined face, and James' brown eyes dressed impeccably is something obviously Gucci.’
- ‘Long, light-blond hair hung around a narrow elfin face, framing cheeks white and unlined as paper.’
- ‘The first note rings out from the right where Bernice Johnson Reagon holds court, her unlined brown skin gleaming, salt-and-pepper hair trimmed in a neat Afro.’
- ‘On the operating table, there are more distinct differences - male facelifts can't ignore the beard, so the aim is for a more rugged, rather than completely unlined, result.’
- ‘Along with that were poems, all written in the same loopy penmanship on pieces of unlined white paper.’
- ‘The most important aspect is to have the person write on an unlined piece of paper, allowing the writer to create her own space and lines.’
- ‘Women who are now in their 50s and 60s were the first to wear mini-skirts, Biba lipstick, tie-dyed T-shirts, hippy dresses made of Indian bedspreads, Laura Ashley sprigged pinafores, and safety pins through our unlined cheeks.’
- ‘Ozzie, 45, has an unlined face and hair the color of chrome.’
- ‘You simply settle down in a quiet place with a piece of unlined paper and a pen or pencil.’
- ‘Enter the high profile make-up artist, as important to those in the public eye as a designer frock and unlined forehead.’
- ‘Double-truck blank unlined pages to hold a cover image.’
- ‘A flawless, unlined complexion - yes, even at age 58.’
- ‘This is also one of the few parts of the world where one still occasionally spots that rarest of birds, the literary traveller, with his unlined black notebook and his creased linen trousers.’
- ‘Loveliness still existed in her oval face which was yet unlined and framed by curly tendrils which she couldn't convince to stay in place.’
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