He put his hand out in a formal handshake.
The participants inside the White House conference room avoided formal handshakes this time.
The banker greeted Susan with a polite smile and a stiff, almost absurdly formal handshake.
Then the tycoon turned to Vlasik, turning his formal handshake into a warm bear-hug.
With some, he exchanges soul shakes or high fives; with others, formal handshakes.
Then he held out his hand to Peter, offering him a formal handshake.
He gave her a politely formal handshake.
Mel held out a hand to accept the boy's formal handshake.
She received me, oddly enough, with a formal French handshake, but I can assure you there was nothing formal about what followed after that.
The captain stepped forward and gave Mandel a formal handshake.