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
• Then there was another sweep, at the hands of the last-place Kansas Royals.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
• Court records show when Hursey was a child, his own mother was killed at the hands of his father following years of abuse.
  — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 27 Aug. 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
• Those visits didn’t pass without multiple incidents for Welch at the hands of Puente.
  — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 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
• In the book, Finch recounts how a tumultuous childhood at the hands of an abusive adoptive mom led her to want to escape her homelife.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
• The Kherson Art Museum has suffered greatly at the hands of the current war.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
• And, for extra-cheap laffs, these animals routinely mugged to the camera about how awful their lives were at the hands of the humans misusing them.
  — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
• The lone appearance was a three-game sweep in 2014 at the hands of the Kansas City Royals.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026
• Though nothing about the current situation is ideal, there’s no clear way to hop off without ensuring certain doom at the hands of a large, angry cat.
  — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 Sep. 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
• The two countries share a long history of brutality at the hands of Russia, and Poland remains a key ally to Ukraine in the war.
  — ABC News, 25 Aug. 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
• The View From Canada Across the border, Canadians are digging in for long-term pain at the hands of their onetime ally.
  — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 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
• Allen was then joined by a total of 119 plaintiffs, who sued the city on allegations of kidnapping, abuse and evidence planting at the hands of the Riders.
  — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 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
• Dane Cook’s new documentary Funny Money delves into a serious betrayal at the hands of his half-brother.
  — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026
• Their take on the story of Agamemnon’s obsessive daughter — fixated on revenge since his death at the hands of her mother, Clytemnestra — should be something fierce to behold.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 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
• Young detainees have described inedible food, substandard medical care and callous treatment at the hands of guards and staff at immigration facilities.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
• Over the last year, advocates have collected declarations from scores of detainees describing inedible food, substandard medical care and callous treatment at the hands of guards and staff.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 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