dead hand in English
noun
1
an undesirable persisting influence.
the dead hand of government control
noun
Use "dead hand" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "dead hand" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "dead hand", or refer to the context using the word "dead hand" in the English Dictionary.
1. Dead hand, dead hand, knock on this door.
2. 26 Too long the dead hand has been permitted to sterilize living thought!
3. 17 Then there was Marta from Spartanburg, who was fleeing the dead hand of middle-class rectitude.