hand-wringing

noun

1. informal.
   an extended debate over the correct course of action in a situation

Example Sentences

The solution is not recriminations, finger-pointing, and hand-wringing but structural change.

From Salon

Drawn by the promise of jump scares and Hugh Grant in maniacal-villain mode, set in what appeared from the trailers to be a supernatural trap of a house, I sought big-screen escape from the crowing/hand-wringing news cycle.

From Los Angeles Times

I’m casting my vote for Harris with far less hand-wringing than I would have for Biden, though given the state of our two-party system, I would have voted for him, too, even after voting uncommitted in the primary in protest of the war in Gaza and in solidarity with Palestinians.

From Slate

The Iowa Poll added to widespread hand-wringing over the degree to which polling this cycle is accurately reflecting public sentiment, or missing important trends.

From Los Angeles Times

Much hand-wringing has already been written about Gen Alpha being illiterate iPad babies who are doomed to a society of our own making, but Carter doesn’t think the rise of “chat” is any more special than the popularization of any other slang term.

From Slate