How to Use at the hands of in a Sentence

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• There's too much crime going on at the hands of foreign nationals.
  — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026
• The team suffered a four-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox last weekend.
  — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• Former staffers alleged they also were subjected to violence at the hands of their boss.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, VIBE.com, 24 July 2026
• Miami’s July freefall continued with a home sweep at the hands of the Padres.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 July 2026
• Ruiz’s case was not the first high-profile killing of a Black man at the hands of a police officer in Madison.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026
• Her death at the hands of rampaging cops helped ignite the nation’s racial reckoning in 2020.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• This does not appear to be a happy film for anyone worried about environmental disaster at the hands of an oil executive.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 July 2026
• In their suffering, the sisters say that God called them to help others who had experienced harm at the hands of leaders in The Church.
  — Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026
• But Ormund’s real secret weapon is Ulf, who has suffered enough indignity at the hands of the Blacks, or so he’s been persuaded.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
• But Jameson is hardly the first family pet to senselessly perish at the hands of law enforcement officers who resort to deadly force far too quickly.
  — Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026
• Farage’s party was the big winner in local and regional elections in May that led to the ouster of Starmer at the hands of his own Labor Party.
  — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
• Sinon grows up as a young man off at war that is coerced by Odysseus to sacrifice themself at the hand of the Trojans, while convincing them into accepting the wooden horse as a gift.
  — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
• For decades, advanced military powers have suffered at the hands of weaker forces employing asymmetric warfare, relying on hit-and-run tactics to inflict damage at low cost.
  — David Szondy july 13, New Atlas, 14 July 2026
• Season 5 was a big one for Lucas, who watched Max die at the hands of Vecna (and get resurrected at the hands of Eleven) at the end of season 4.
  — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
• While he was supposed to die at the hands of the state, California abolished the death penalty in 1972 — which resulted in his sentence being commuted to life in prison.
  — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026
• The Braves’ summer malaise is getting close to a free fall after yet another loss, this one at the hands of the visiting Cardinals at Truist Park on Tuesday.
  — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
• Their only semifinal appearance in this stretch came at home in 2014, but ended with a 7-1 thrashing at the hands of the eventual champion Germans.
  — Andy Clayton, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
• For all its lighthearted, sapphic fun, Kris faces her fair share of jump scares at the hands of Billy and Little Death (Jack Haven), the ghost behind the camp’s murders.
  — Mya Copeland, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
• No one is better versed in, say, the dysfunctions of the writer-actress relationship than Valerie, who, in previous seasons, suffered endlessly at the hands of a misogynistic showrunner.
  — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
• The 35-year-old was riding a 14-fight win streak since suffering his lone career defeat at the hands of Giovanni Auriemma in 2017.
  — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 25 July 2026
• In the guest book, in 2024, a guest creatively wrote a six-entry (three days and three nights) account of their stay there, a descent into madness at the hands of the structure’s steady creaking and the sounds of twigs snapping in the woods below.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
• Pentheus, for his part, is curious to witness his mother under the spell of Bacchic rites, and this curiosity results in his death at the hands of Agave, unable to recognize her own son due to her Dionysian frenzy.
  — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2026
• The chain, known for its no-talking, no-texting policy, recently introduced a new mobile ordering service to replace the traditional mode of pen-and-paper at the hands of servers, which has garnered criticism from some movie theater purists.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2026
• Lestat’s story is jarringly but effectively juxtaposed with Louis’ in a butcher shop where he’s being tortured at the hands of Armand (Assad Zaman).
  — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
• Presidents and their families raking in private sector cash and investments is always cause for concern, but there has never been even close to this kind of enrichment at the hands of entities with interests directly before the federal government.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
• The shootings in Maine and Texas were just the latest civilian deaths at the hands of ICE agents, who have attempted to intimidate witnesses following its recent spate of high-profile killings.
  — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 19 July 2026
• The filing also mentions a July 24 attack — allegedly at the hands of an associate of Link — which is being investigated by corrections officials.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
• Another World Cup, another exit at the hands of Europe at this stage—Belgium in 2014, the Netherlands four years ago, Belgium again.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 7 July 2026
• Utah suffered a series sweep at the hands of Portland in the first week, and several stars missed time with injury, including Ellis, Jayda Coleman and Hannah Flippen.
  — Molly Keshin, New York Times, 25 July 2026
• The tragic murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, allegedly at the hands of their son Nick Reiner, left Hollywood in shock and the Reiner family facing unspeakable grief.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 July 2026