Adjective
She took a course in freehand drawing. Noun
gave him free hand in managing the club
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Adjective
On set, 19-year-old artist Chella Man felt right at home in the second floor bathroom painted by Keith Haring; both Haring and Chella use a fluid, often abstract yet heavily emotive, freehand style to express themselves.—Sean Bennett, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2018 And throughout, all kinds of brushes and tools enable an entire palette’s worth of colors to flow, stutter, twist, suffuse and fold, while freehand additions à la de Kooning — and Mr. Green’s earlier work, as well — occasionally flit about.—New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
Noun
The free hand that Zelensky has had to commandeer the war effort will be curtailed to some degree.—Daniel Baer, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2022 Anderson towered over his friend, using his free hand to push down on the desk chair.—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for freehand
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