one-handed
adjective
one-hand·ed
ˈwən-ˈhan-dəd 
1
: having or using only one hand
could beat him up one-handed
2
a
: designed for or requiring the use of only one hand
b
: effected by the use of only one hand
Examples of one-handed in a Sentence
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Burrow found Tee Higgins for an improbable, one-handed touchdown 50 seconds later, but Buffalo still scored one of the more dramatic wins of the season.
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Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
The Bengals didn’t give up, as Higgins secured a one-handed touchdown for his sixth catch of the game, which gave him 92 yards on the day.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
More Razorbacks continued to do the same after the win, which Sealy punctuated with a one-handed dunk with 46 seconds left.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
For the third Aero Glide specific to the surface, the company is offering a new one-handed quick-lacing system.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Bowers caught four passes for 63 yards and two scores, and snagged an impressive one-handed touchdown in the fourth quarter.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
The offense kept churning, with two touchdowns by Davante Adams, a punishing block by Jordan Whittington to spring a 34-yard Blake Corum carry, a stunning one-handed catch by Nacua on a go route with his back turned to Stafford and TDs by Corum and Kyren Williams.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
Saturday Toney, who just turned 18 in September, had a one-handed catch to set up his scoring throw to Elija Lofton for a 10-7 lead.
—Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Tanner Hudson made a terrific one-handed grab in the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown to put Cincinnati up 19-7, and after the Ravens answered with Keaton Mitchell's 18-yard touchdown run, Burrow threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Andrei Iosivas late in the third quarter.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
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Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
The Bengals didn’t give up, as Higgins secured a one-handed touchdown for his sixth catch of the game, which gave him 92 yards on the day.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
More Razorbacks continued to do the same after the win, which Sealy punctuated with a one-handed dunk with 46 seconds left.
—Matt Byrne, Arkansas Online, 7 Dec. 2025
For the third Aero Glide specific to the surface, the company is offering a new one-handed quick-lacing system.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 5 Dec. 2025
Bowers caught four passes for 63 yards and two scores, and snagged an impressive one-handed touchdown in the fourth quarter.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
The offense kept churning, with two touchdowns by Davante Adams, a punishing block by Jordan Whittington to spring a 34-yard Blake Corum carry, a stunning one-handed catch by Nacua on a go route with his back turned to Stafford and TDs by Corum and Kyren Williams.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
Saturday Toney, who just turned 18 in September, had a one-handed catch to set up his scoring throw to Elija Lofton for a 10-7 lead.
—Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
Tanner Hudson made a terrific one-handed grab in the end zone for a 14-yard touchdown to put Cincinnati up 19-7, and after the Ravens answered with Keaton Mitchell's 18-yard touchdown run, Burrow threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Andrei Iosivas late in the third quarter.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
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“One-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-handed. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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