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Examples
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There's a lot of hand-holding, which is also good.
Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011
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They leaned against 4203-RD and worked through their rote of tender gestures: hand-holding, modest-mouthed kisses, a giddy lowering to the ground, me an awkward weight following them down.
Bone Hinge 2010
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Most offer low costs, lots of educational tools and some degree of hand-holding.
How To Open Your First Online Brokerage Account Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2011
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We're a hand-holding operation, if you like, to help people to get their toe into the water.
Highclere parade matches well-heeled optimists with £2m in horseflesh Greg Wood 2010
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It needs a prolonged period of expensive hand-holding.
Sarwar Kashmeri: The European Union's Fort Sumter Moment Sarwar Kashmeri 2011
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Mr. Scrivner, the Albuquerque financial planner, said the hand-holding worked with most clients.
As Markets Plunge, Fear Rules Day Mary Pilon 2011
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The husband is put off by such hand-holding, but after five days of dogged GPS navigating and molten heat, I am relieved to be nannied.
Everyone in the RV, It's Road-Trip Time! Sara Ruffin Costello 2011
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It needs a prolonged period of expensive hand-holding.
Sarwar Kashmeri: The European Union's Fort Sumter Moment Sarwar Kashmeri 2011
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There's an of menace to her voice, so I pick a site without too many emetic pictures of hand-holding couples on beaches at sunset and start the laborious sign-up process.
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It needs a prolonged period of expensive hand-holding.
Sarwar Kashmeri: The European Union's Fort Sumter Moment Sarwar Kashmeri 2011
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