How to Use by hand in a Sentence

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• Ripe tomatoes can be picked from the vine by hand or with garden shears.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 10 July 2026
• Pearl onions and other small varieties can be pulled by hand.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 22 July 2026
• Today, Ollinger and his team harvest nearly all their grapes by hand.
  — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
• Moka pots made of aluminum are not dishwasher safe and should always be washed by hand.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 July 2026
• Porsche says the finish was applied by hand and took over 300 hours to complete.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2026
• Use a food processor for most of the work, but whisk in the oil by hand to keep it from becoming bitter.
  — Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
• Why not eat the good feta, get that deli sandwich, try that beef stew recipe your grandmother wrote down for you by hand?
  — Grace Reilly, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
• Decades of research show that students who take notes by hand retain more than those who take notes on a computer.
  — Tim Bajarin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• Wash towels either by machine or by hand before laundry stripping to get rid of dirt.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
• Patterns are draped, drafted and developed on the body, with guidelines basted by hand.
  — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 July 2026
• Drain the tub and rinse your linens in the washing machine on a rinse cycle only, or by hand until the water runs clear.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
• Talim’s uncle makes the meat pies by hand, filling the pastry with choices of meat flavored by curries.
  — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
• For stain removal, use liquid laundry detergent and wash by hand or in the washing machine.
  — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
• Bornemann regularly sources swordfish, but his is caught by hand harpoon.
  — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• Evenly distribute seeds with a spreader or by hand to ensure even coverage.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
• Screening the same chemical space by hand — to arrive at that many active molecules — would have taken them about a year.
  — Dr. Mario García, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• Dave stopped doing calculations by hand and quit hunt-and-peck typing in 1987.
  — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
• Washing dishes by hand uses more water than a dishwasher—up to 7 to 8 times more says an expert.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2026
• And doing it by hand would give you separate stickers, each with its own backing, which would be much harder to peel off, adding still more time in the process.
  — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 2 Aug. 2026
• Add a few rolls of duct tape and some red spray paint to your cart, too; paint each tentacle sucker by hand once the rest of the tentacle is assembled.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2026
• Basically, the vibe is jewelry that looks as though it was purchased on a trip, found at a seaside market, or crafted by hand.
  — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 18 July 2026
• Before 2023, a new grad could spend two years writing code by hand before managing one or two people.
  — Neo Lee, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• To get rid of pests, remove them with a strong spray of water from the garden hose, treat with neem oil or insecticidal soap, or remove the pests by hand.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
• While a lot of animation today is computer-generated, there was a time when it was all crafted by hand.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
• Every week, someone had to physically retrieve the cards, download the images, and sift through them by hand — a process that could take weeks or even months.
  — Laurie Mermet, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
• Finally, don’t be afraid to thin developing fruit by hand after the natural June drop.
  — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 23 July 2026
• To perform the test, Mansfield says to lift the float inside the sump pit by hand or slowly pour water into the pit until the float rises.
  — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
• Smaller teams of high-agency engineers and builders are managing fleets of agents rather than executing every task by hand.
  — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
• The researchers had to add in extra noise by hand, using a random-number generator, which cost energy.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 July 2026
• The curtain and liner can then be washed by hand or on the gentle cycle in the washer with cold water and your regular laundry detergent.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 28 June 2026