handheld
adjective
, -ˈheld\
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Use a handheld garment steamer or bursts from your steam iron to kill any dust mites lurking near the surface. — Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping, "How to Clean a Couch Like a Pro," 29 Mar. 2019 Using a handheld device available at the front of QFC’s Bella Bottega store, Stephens logs into his Kroger rewards account and calls up his shopping list. — Paul Roberts, The Seattle Times, "Kroger hopes Redmond QFC pilot with Microsoft will make it ‘retailer of the future’," 7 Jan. 2019 During an investor briefing, Nintendo said that most Switch owners play either handheld mode, or in both handheld and TV modes. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "This Is the Grip I Use For My Nintendo Switch," 31 Dec. 2018 Vendors waved handheld metal detectors and displayed 3D surveillance cameras. — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, "I went to a huge conference on school safety. No one wanted to talk about gun control.," 30 July 2018 The new iPhone is a handheld facial-recognition device and the Apple Watch collects lots of personal health and medical data, even if none of that data reaches Apple servers. — Russell Brandom, The Verge, "Tim Cook wants a federal privacy law — but so do Facebook and Google," 24 Oct. 2018 Shooting largely with a handheld camera, Qu generates a jittery energy that makes the characters' stress palpable. — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, "A government official's child rape is swept under the rug in Angels Wear White," 27 June 2018 Shooting with a handheld camera, Midi Z is present only as a disembodied, deadpan voice offscreen (except in a scene where he is being treated for virulent malaria), creating an observational subjectivity that makes the viewer part of the story. — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, "Gender-bending ballet, ground-breaking theater, and Burmese brothers," 31 May 2018 The nearly 90 photos in this show were done with a handheld camera, color slide film and an eye for a subcontinent’s dense complexity. — Anita Gates, New York Times, "From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety," 7 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'handheld.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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