Only a 'handful of' people showed up for the lecture.
The children collected seashells by the 'handful'.
Our dog is a real 'handful'.
(..) That I was born to be a king. A king? A true king admits his faults. What of the lives you took on Earth? A mere handful compared to the number that Odin has taken himself. Your father... He's not my father! Then am I not your mother? (..)2013 Thor: The Dark World