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Noun
With Alcaraz erving for the match at 5-4, in the fourth, Sinner saved one match point with a brilliant backhand service return winner.—Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 But Anisimova grabbed the next four points to break back, capping the game with a backhand winner and a forehand winner.—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Dalton, who has four game-winning goals this season, beat Quinnipiac goalie Logan Angers with a backhand shot 11:42, then Emma Seitz scores from point-blank range from in front of the right circle at 16:21.—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2023 The Winterhawks don’t get back as a give-and-go between Korchinski and Schaefer in the neutral zone creates a 2-on-1, and Korchinski quickly makes a backhand feed to Crnkovic in front.—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022
Adverb
Swayman stopped 30 of 32 in his first outing since Dec. 9, fooled by a Boone Jenner backhand and overmatched by a Patrik Laine one-timer.—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022 But daughter Christy Childers says her mom still rules at table tennis with a killer backhand.—Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2022
Verb
As the two were battling for position, Reese appeared to backhand Edwards on the side of the head.—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Świątek rolled crosscourt forehands and backhands with anyone who dared to match her, and then decided to beat them.—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for backhand
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