Get a 'fistful' of information on that 'rosy' subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Freak Network] Reference
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Got a fistful of money and no gas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2004] Reference
I ate a fistful of magic mushrooms on the way over here. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of a Meaningful Moment] Reference
Their assurances need to be taken with a fistful of salt. From Wordnik.com. [What Deflation Means for Your Money] Reference
Plus, they took government bailout dollars by the fistful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2009] Reference
Republicans, too, took the same opportunities by the fistful. From Wordnik.com. [Deregulating Politics] Reference
Three minutes later, he was back with a fat fistful of chips. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
He fished in his wallet for a fistful of United Nations scrip. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
HARRIS: You see that fistful of hair there and everything going on?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2007] Reference
If you make Sean Avery mad, you might get a fistful of black nail polish. From Wordnik.com. [Clothes Make The Ice Man] Reference
It ` s not the same anymore as grabbing a fistful of dollars and making off. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2006] Reference
The United States enjoyed a fistful of advantages it's not likely to have again. From Wordnik.com. [Rethinking The Lessons Of Desert Storm] Reference
Next on 360: a car chase ends with a fistful of dollars and a serious throw-down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2008] Reference
The brightness of daylight pierced Strongfist's eyeballs like a fistful of needles. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
I imagined cool, wet clay oozing between my fingers when I'd squeeze a tight fistful. From Wordnik.com. [Geisha Doll] Reference
They've lost five men, two dozen wounded, and earned a fistful of medals for bravery. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2007] Reference
The fat woman came back in the room, carrying a fistful of money. From Wordnik.com. [Op] Reference
Josephine Middleton had taken her usual fistful of its fabric in order to steady herself. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
The door opened and Bart grabbed a fistful of bed-ticking as two Lhari came into the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Colors of Space] Reference
They'll rain down from 11 buildings, where workers will toss them from boxes by the fistful. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2006] Reference
DOMINICK SGRO, RESIDENT, VERO BEACH, FLORIDA: I've got a fistful of money and no gas station. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2004] Reference
Then he raised his fistful of grain and regarded it with equal levity, before turning to Si'Wren. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
She clung to her usual fistful of his coat sleeve as the curricle swayed around a bend in the road. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Duchess]
The boy grabs a fistful of dark blue plastic police and begins to march them towards the protestors. From Wordnik.com. [Child's Play Brings Back Memories of Busted Heads for Greying Protestor] Reference
Each glyph held its shape for a moment, sparkling like a fistful of sequins flung against plum velvet. From Wordnik.com. [Elephantine] Reference
The Burlingame, Calif., company has been on a buying spree, investing in or buying a fistful of companies. From Wordnik.com. [Making Book] Reference
And I wasn't convinced that, once I returned with a fistful of receipts, they'd actually repay my expenses. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Fine: I Saw Elvis in His Coffin] Reference
It should be noted that, while James himself threw the first fistful, it wasn't by opting to flee Ohio for Florida. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Maxwell Apter: LeBron James's Ego: Presumed Missing in Cleveland] Reference
I nodded as the submanager pumped away at my hand, grinding my knuckles against one another like a fistful of marbles. From Wordnik.com. [Reconstituted (novel excerpt)] Reference
ALL TOO OFTEN, BILL CLINTON'S AIDES LEAVE THE White House with a subpoena in their pocket and a fistful of legal bills. From Wordnik.com. [An Orchestrated Exit] Reference
As soon as the news broke, headhunters were outside at the company's Soho offices distributing business cards by the fistful. From Wordnik.com. [Make That Boo-Hoo.Com] Reference
Although I wasn't admitted to the krankenhaus (hospital), I was given a fistful of prescriptions and complicated instructions. From Wordnik.com. [Tales From Travelers] Reference
On the screen, in slow motion, a boss counts out a fistful of pesos under his desk as underlings pass by, each receiving a share. From Wordnik.com. [Rotten To The Core] Reference
Then I tried packing a fistful against my leg, but when I went to throw the miserable creation, it fell apart a foot away from me. From Wordnik.com. [A Body Divided, 6] Reference
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