How to Use palm in a Sentence

palm

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  • The beauty of the universe could be in the palm of your hand.
    — Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 5 May 2024
  • Gently hold the fruit in the palm of your hand with your thumb near the stem.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Hand and foot sweat: This is sweat on the palms of your hands and soles of your feet.
    — Amanda MacMillan, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Using your palm, press down on the dough to even it out.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
  • She’s got the power to tweet, and reach every ear, in the palm of her hands.
    — Meghana Indurti, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Using the palm of your hand, press down on the dough to make a rough circle.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Sometimes, the skin may thicken on the palms, soles, or both.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health, 27 July 2023
  • The palms of the gloves are textured to provide more grip for greasy or oily food items.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Roll each portion gently in the palms of your hands to form ¾-inch balls.
    — Yi Jun Loh, Saveur, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Press on the fatty part of your palm and feel its firmness.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • In some children, the rash spreads down the body, but the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet are often not affected.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The attachment was a picture of two shiny bullets in the palm of a hand.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • At the top of the curl, rotate wrists inward so palms face forward.
    — Women's Health, 7 June 2023
  • Skip the cotton pad with this one — pump the airy foam right into your palms and pat it on your skin.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Armed with a fantastic backing band, the singer had the crowd eating out of the palm of her hand.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 8 May 2023
  • To apply, warm about two to three drops of oil in your palms and pat lightly over your face.
    — Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The palm plug attaches sensors to all five of your fingers and the palm of your hands.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 11 Jan. 2024
  • At a bush of vermillion chilies, which are among the hottest in the world, Lin plucked one, snapped it open, and placed it in my palm.
    — Clarissa Wei, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023
  • Twist your wrists outward so that your palms face the ceiling at the halfway point.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Send any news, comments, pizza tests, and British palms to talk@qz.com.
    — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Place your palms flat on the floor, your feet hip-width apart, and your elbows shoulder-width apart.
    — Anne Harding, Health, 19 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a mix of boxwoods, palms and white stones at the front of the home, as well as a geometric pathway.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Then look more closely at the underarms, forearms, palms, legs, between the toes and at the soles of the feet.
    — Mira Cheng, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In her palm is a burst of intricate flowers that look a lot like lace.
    — Alice Newell-Hanson, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Press through right palm and left foot to lift hips into air, keeping right leg straight.
    — Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
  • For Tom has a shady past and a mysterious stab wound on his palm.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 Sep. 2023
  • All the fingers share one big pivot point at the palm of the hand, and there's a knuckle joint halfway up the finger.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Sometimes, Betts would flip his palm forward and try to scoop the ball on the opposite side of his body.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • How to do the exercise: Lie down with your arms at your sides, palms facing down.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Using the heel of your palm, gently smash each one open so that the skin splits but the potato remains whole.
    — Kitty Greenwald, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2023

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