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Examples of left-hand in a Sentence
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To find out a farm’s official name, look at the upper left-hand corner of your paycheck, above the address.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
The reel also has a reversible handle for right- or left-hand retrieve.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
Audio, Expansion, Storage, and Rear I/O Gigabyte's audio section sits in the bottom left-hand corner of the board.
—Joe Shields, PCMAG, 25 May 2024
Limit vehicle idling by avoiding drive-thrus and excessive idling caused by long wait times making left-hand turns.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2024
Omaha goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu — who otherwise had a good night — got caught cheating to his left-hand side by Pulido (and Tzionis, for that matter).
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
Making a left-hand turn on Ford Road in Canton can be a dicey proposition, but a plan to turn a busy section of the roadway near Interstate 275 into a boulevard aims to change that by doing away with those types of turns.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024
Alexander was attempting to make a left-hand turn to head southbound on Servite Drive from Brown Deer Road, when Margary-Ramos entered the intersection eastbound and crashed into Alexander, the complaint states.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
Your left-hand opponent doesn’t have many hearts and probably not many spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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The first known use of left-hand was
in the 15th century
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“Left-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left-hand. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
left-hand
adjectiveˌleft-ˌhand
1
: located on the left
2
Medical Definition
left-hand
1 of 2 adjective1
: situated on the left
2
left hand
2 of 2 noun1
: the hand on a person's left side
2
: the left side
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