handshakings

Then came the handshakings, the stately puckered kissings, the sighs of amiable exhaustion — “Ah-h-h”; “Who-o-o” — suggesting that miles of hot sand had been traveled for the finding of this oasis.

Suburbs of Our Discontent 2008

Then came the handshakings, the stately puckered kissings, the sighs of amiable exhaustion — “Ah-h-h”; “Who-o-o” — suggesting that miles of hot sand had been traveled for the finding of this oasis.

Suburbs of Our Discontent 2008

At last, after the usual outburst of politeness and amiability, which appears on the faces of a bored assembly on the point of breaking up, after sudden handshakings and friendly smiles, the weary guests and weary hosts separated.

Virgin Soil 2003

Amid handshakings, embracings, good wishes, and kisses, boxes are opened, bonbons are showered forth, parcels are undone, mirth becomes deafening, and good humor tumultuous.

The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

And so in the chill of that Friday morning the Battalion marched away, not without many handshakings and blessings from the simple villagers.

"Contemptible", by "Casualty"

Later still, when the afternoon was spent, came the last handshakings and kisses.

The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

Numerous and hearty were the handshakings; "Good-bye," and "Bon Voyage," were heard on every hand.

Doctor Jones' Picnic

She had not much time for lamentation, for, through the handshakings of

Lucile Triumphant Elizabeth M. Duffield

And so Mr. Harrison, inwardly anathematizing the rest of the company, was compelled to go through a long series of handshakings, and finally to be drawn into a group of young persons whose conversation seemed to him the most inane he had ever heard in his life.

King Midas: a Romance Upton Sinclair 1923

Then ensued tears, handshakings, frenzied embraces, and the most extravagant jubilations of every sort.

Sketches New And Old Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 1922