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
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Having not resigned after England’s elimination at the hands of Argentina in Atlanta, Thomas Tuchel could barely contain his excitement at playing the third-place play-off against France.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 July 2026
• Body camera footage shows immigration enforcement shooting In the case of at least one survivor of a shooting at the hands of federal immigration enforcement, Homeland Security had body camera footage of the incident.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 15 July 2026
• One way to look at the Washington Nationals’ kick-in-the-groin sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees — three leads in the eighth inning, three dizzying losses — is that none of the previous blows this team has taken have permanently felled it.
  — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 13 July 2026
• Valerie Castile also spoke about how the deaths of two Minnesotans, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, at the hands of federal agents during the immigration crackdown in January affected her.
  — Tyler Quattrin, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026
• Hitter of the Year Sami Williams’ bat was silenced at the hands of the Talons’ aces — Georgina Corrick also tossed a complete-game gem in Game 1 — going hitless in Chicago’s revenge effort.
  — Molly Keshin, New York Times, 26 July 2026
• In both 2024 and 2025, at least 72 grizzly bear deaths were recorded each year, mostly at the hands of humans, according to the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
• Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz of Colombia, who is a legal resident of the United States, wants someone to pay for what happened to him at the hands of three Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
  — Eric Adler july 16, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2026