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Examples of left-hand in a Sentence
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Your left-hand opponent doesn’t have many hearts and probably not many spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Table-top bicycle legs With your legs in a table-top position, straighten one leg, then the other, 20 times.
Side leg circles
Lying on your left-hand side and keeping the legs relatively straight, circle your right leg 20 times.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024
Where does your interest in Japanese culture stem from?
From a funny kind of left-hand turn in my life.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Using scissors, cut seven to 10 small slits on the bottom left-hand half of the card.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
Plans show the 2 miles would be widened to three, 12-foot-wide lanes with a continuous left-hand turning lane.
—Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
Tesla’s employee was in a rush that morning trying to shave off time to get to the service center and refused to wait in line with other vehicles who were appropriately making a left-hand turn.
—Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2024
His factory, the company’s first in Europe, manufactures the Model Y crossover for most European left-hand drive markets including Germany.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
Toward the end of the second quarter against the Golden State Warriors, Barnes sustained a left-hand injury and was ruled out for the rest of the game.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of left-hand was
in the 15th century
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Cite this Entry
“Left-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left-hand. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
left-hand
adjectiveˌleft-ˌhand
1
: located on the left
2
Medical Definition
left-hand
1 of 2 adjective1
: situated on the left
2
left hand
2 of 2 noun1
: the hand on a person's left side
2
: the left side
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