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Noun
Betts made a Gold Glove finalist-worthy play for the first out – ranging into the hole to make a backhand play then a jump throw to first.—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025 One backhand cracked down the line.—James Hansen, New York Times, 12 Oct. 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
Brazeau went forehand to backhand for the finish to put Pittsburgh up 1-0 with 32 seconds remaining in the period.—Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 Troy Tulowitzki pulled a two-hopper down the line that Rojas backhanded near the outfield grass and his long throw across the diamond got Tulowitzki by two steps for the second out of the inning.—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for backhand
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