Examples of lefty in a Sentence
Our starting pitcher is a lefty.
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Strahm had just retired the right-handed hitting Mookie Betts and has actually been better against right-handers than lefties this season.
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Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Genetics can be tricky—both my husband and I are lefties, yet our son is a righty!
—Hayley Matz Meadvin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
With his 23rd homer against a left-handed pitcher this season, Schwarber set a major league record for homers by a lefty against southpaws in a single season.
—Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Life Through the Looking Glass (Nautilus) by Molly Glick
Molecularly speaking, DNA is right-handed, while proteins are lefties.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2025
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Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Genetics can be tricky—both my husband and I are lefties, yet our son is a righty!
—Hayley Matz Meadvin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
With his 23rd homer against a left-handed pitcher this season, Schwarber set a major league record for homers by a lefty against southpaws in a single season.
—Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Life Through the Looking Glass (Nautilus) by Molly Glick
Molecularly speaking, DNA is right-handed, while proteins are lefties.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Lefty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lefty. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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