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Big hands like the claws of a crab —Guy De Maupassant
The bones in her narrow wrists were small as chicken bones —Mary Hedin
Closed they [hands] looked like clusters of unpainted wooden balls as large as walnuts —Sherwood Anderson
A craftsman’s hands … hands quick as cats —William H. Gass
Fist like a piece of iron —Raymond Chandler
Fists … as large as wastebaskets —Dashiell Hammett
Fists like knotty pine —George Garrett
Hand as wide as a stirrup —Richard Ford
Hand … dry, hard and cold, rather like a chicken’s foot —F. van Wyck Mason
His hand felt like the tentacles of a sea anemone —Kate Grenville
Hand … like a fine piece of ivory carving —Rebecca West
A hand like a side of meat —Douglas Adams
Hand … like a baseball catcher’s glove —Frank Ross
Hand like a boxing glove —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Hand like a bundle of taut wire —Oakley Hall
Hand like a ham —Stephen Vincent Benét
Hand … like a sharp, icy stake —Ariel Dorfman
Hand like a wood rasp —Raymond Chandler
Hand … limp as a tassel —Frank Swinnerton
Hand, quick as a bird claw —Eudora Welty
Hands … as soft as cotton-wool —Ivan Turgenev
Hands … cool, muted and frail with age like the smoothness of old yellow linen —Stephen Vincent Benét
Hands … crude and functional as if whittled out of hard wood —George Garrett
Hands folded like flower petals —Clare Boylan
Hands … gnarled, huge and misshapen, like chunks of wood hewn from a pale tree —James Stern
Hands gnarled, twisted and earth-stained like the vigorous roots of a tree —Ellen Glasgow
Hands, horny as a laborer’s —Harvey Swados
Hands hung like clusters of sausages —Louis Bromfield
Hands … large and too thin, like empty gloves —Margaret Laurence
Hands like asbestos —Mary Hedin
Hands..like blocks of wood and about as gentle —Leslie Thomas
Hands like bunches of bananas —Frank Swinnerton
Hands like coal shovels —Gerald Kersh
Hands … like dangling shovels —Jonathan Gash
Hands … like elephant’s ears —Arthur Baer
Hands … like great paws —Elizabeth Taylor
Hands like hard rubber —Helen Hudson
Hands like hunks of steak —Julia O’Faolain
Hands like lion’s feet —Arthur A. Cohen
Hands … like wings of butterflies —Hart Crane
Hands … looked like roots in earth —Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
Hand … soft, like worn silk —Jayne Anne Phillips See Also: SOFTNESS (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Softness)
Hands ridged like topography maps —Sharon Sheehe Stark
Hands … slender and smooth as though they had lifted nothing heavier than a knife to cut corners —Helen Hudson
Hands … soft from the [dish] water, like old gum erasers —Jean Thompson
Hands … steady as steel —H. E. Bates
Hands that felt … like a scrubwoman’s hands, red-knuckled and practical —Hortense Calisher
Hands that have thickened and calloused through the years so they look like tough paws —Louise Erdrich
Hands turned out flat, palms up, like a Balinese dancer —Leonard Michaels
Hands … which projected like strings upon the finger-board of a violin, and armed with claws like those on the terminations of bats’ wings —Théophile Gautier
A hand that felt as though it was reaching for you from the grave —Harvey Swados
Hand that rested like a sparrow on the table —Tony Ardizzone
Hand … warm as a horn —Walker Percy
Hand … wet and cold as something fished out of a pond —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Her hands were stunning, like a sublime idea —Boris Pasternak
His hands … seemed large and awkward as if he was wearing invisible mittens —Stephen Crane
His wrists seemed to dangle from his cuffs as if they were sewn to the cloth —Jonathan Valin
Long hands, like pitchforks —Arabian Nights
An old man’s hand, hooked and grimy with a couple of nailless fingers, like a hand in a horror film —Jonathan Valin
Veins [beneath skin of hands] tessellated like a blue mosaic, shining like an intricate blue design captured beneath glass —William Styron
Wrists like steel whips —H. E. Bates
Big hands like the claws of a crab —Guy De Maupassant
The bones in her narrow wrists were small as chicken bones —Mary Hedin
Closed they [hands] looked like clusters of unpainted wooden balls as large as walnuts —Sherwood Anderson
A craftsman’s hands … hands quick as cats —William H. Gass
Fist like a piece of iron —Raymond Chandler
Fists … as large as wastebaskets —Dashiell Hammett
Fists like knotty pine —George Garrett
Hand as wide as a stirrup —Richard Ford
Hand … dry, hard and cold, rather like a chicken’s foot —F. van Wyck Mason
His hand felt like the tentacles of a sea anemone —Kate Grenville
Hand … like a fine piece of ivory carving —Rebecca West
A hand like a side of meat —Douglas Adams
Hand … like a baseball catcher’s glove —Frank Ross
Hand like a boxing glove —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Hand like a bundle of taut wire —Oakley Hall
Hand like a ham —Stephen Vincent Benét
Hand … like a sharp, icy stake —Ariel Dorfman
Hand like a wood rasp —Raymond Chandler
Hand … limp as a tassel —Frank Swinnerton
Hand, quick as a bird claw —Eudora Welty
Hands … as soft as cotton-wool —Ivan Turgenev
Hands … cool, muted and frail with age like the smoothness of old yellow linen —Stephen Vincent Benét
Hands … crude and functional as if whittled out of hard wood —George Garrett
Hands folded like flower petals —Clare Boylan
Hands … gnarled, huge and misshapen, like chunks of wood hewn from a pale tree —James Stern
Hands gnarled, twisted and earth-stained like the vigorous roots of a tree —Ellen Glasgow
Hands, horny as a laborer’s —Harvey Swados
Hands hung like clusters of sausages —Louis Bromfield
Hands … large and too thin, like empty gloves —Margaret Laurence
Hands like asbestos —Mary Hedin
Hands..like blocks of wood and about as gentle —Leslie Thomas
Hands like bunches of bananas —Frank Swinnerton
Hands like coal shovels —Gerald Kersh
Hands … like dangling shovels —Jonathan Gash
Hands … like elephant’s ears —Arthur Baer
Hands … like great paws —Elizabeth Taylor
Hands like hard rubber —Helen Hudson
Hands like hunks of steak —Julia O’Faolain
Hands like lion’s feet —Arthur A. Cohen
Hands … like wings of butterflies —Hart Crane
Hands … looked like roots in earth —Ram Dass and Paul Gorman
Hand … soft, like worn silk —Jayne Anne Phillips See Also: SOFTNESS (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Softness)
Hands ridged like topography maps —Sharon Sheehe Stark
Hands … slender and smooth as though they had lifted nothing heavier than a knife to cut corners —Helen Hudson
Hands … soft from the [dish] water, like old gum erasers —Jean Thompson
Hands … steady as steel —H. E. Bates
Hands that felt … like a scrubwoman’s hands, red-knuckled and practical —Hortense Calisher
Hands that have thickened and calloused through the years so they look like tough paws —Louise Erdrich
Hands turned out flat, palms up, like a Balinese dancer —Leonard Michaels
Hands … which projected like strings upon the finger-board of a violin, and armed with claws like those on the terminations of bats’ wings —Théophile Gautier
A hand that felt as though it was reaching for you from the grave —Harvey Swados
Hand that rested like a sparrow on the table —Tony Ardizzone
Hand … warm as a horn —Walker Percy
Hand … wet and cold as something fished out of a pond —T. Coraghessan Boyle
Her hands were stunning, like a sublime idea —Boris Pasternak
His hands … seemed large and awkward as if he was wearing invisible mittens —Stephen Crane
His wrists seemed to dangle from his cuffs as if they were sewn to the cloth —Jonathan Valin
Long hands, like pitchforks —Arabian Nights
An old man’s hand, hooked and grimy with a couple of nailless fingers, like a hand in a horror film —Jonathan Valin
Veins [beneath skin of hands] tessellated like a blue mosaic, shining like an intricate blue design captured beneath glass —William Styron
Wrists like steel whips —H. E. Bates