He held out a hand palm-up and said, "Don't," in a choked voice.

The killer stopped reaching, turned his hand palm-up.

He sat down in the chair and laid his hand palm-up on the napkin.

He opened his hand palm-up in a throwing-away gesture.

Burke turned her hand palm-up and studied it.

He held his hand palm-up and felt it building.

To everyone watching, Falker simply extended an empty hand palm-up and looked at it.

Ned Beaumont, staring soberly at the youth, stretched his right arm out to the side and laid his hand palm-up on the bar.

I presented the piece of topaz, my hand palm-up.

The Serian turned his hand palm-up and opened his fingers.