How to Use handed in a Sentence

handed

adjective

• This is meant to fit on the left hand for right-handed users.
  — Chris Hachey, BGR, 5 Mar. 2021
• Both teams were short-handed due to injuries.
  — CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
• Windham capped the game with a one-handed dunk to send a message.
  — Rich Torres, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2023
• The evenly handed roasts were truly not safe for work.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• McLeod now has a league-best five short-handed goals this season.
  — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
• McLeod now has a league-best five short-handed goals this season.
  — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• The robbers went away empty-handed, and were tracked down and tried.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022
• Crosby’s turnover led to the Rangers’ short-handed goal.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• The short-handed team put up a great fight, but came up just short against one of the best teams in the league.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
• The Nuggets’ short-handed winning streak is over, but the sting was dull.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2026
• For anyone who doesn't know my law school journey, know this wasn't easy or handed to me.
  — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2022
• It can be released from the stroller and car one-handed, according to the brand.
  — Jamie Spain, Good Housekeeping, 2 Feb. 2023
• Hopefully, the Jets will be able to pull out a short-handed win this week.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Vasilevskiy stopped Jake Evans on a short-handed breakaway on one of them.
  — ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
• But the central metaphor of scales and justice is pretty heavy-handed.
  — Pat Padua, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2022
• Terry made it 3-2 with a short-handed goal early in the third.
  — CBS News, 12 Dec. 2025
• The group’s emblem — a two-handed fist bump — is a symbol of that unity.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• Bruzon took the snap and rolled left, and threw left-handed to the wide-open Mast in the end zone.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2020
• Even while short-handed, the Lakers went up 3-0.
  — Law Murray, New York Times, 1 May 2026
• Kopps, a right-handed reliever, is one of the favorites to win this year's award.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
• The short-handed Jazz have lost four straight to fall to 18-41.
  — ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
• The first-round pick in 2021, like Mitchell, bats left-handed.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2022
• The Islanders scored power-play, short-handed and even-strength goals.
  — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
• Of those 12 at-bats against him, 11 were by right-handed hitters.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
• Staal lost his edge on his skate, but that didn’t stop him from swatting a back-handed shot of his own toward the net.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
• The Chicago Sky could be short-handed to start the season.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
• The white and gray blocks could have been arranged like a checkerboard, but that would have been heavy-handed and boring.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 4 Oct. 2020
• Neither team gives up much on the penalty kill, and both play a disruptive short-handed game.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 May 2026
• The Giants sent a pair of right-handed pinch-hitters to the plate to start the inning.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 July 2022
• Gipson had no sacks and no quarterback hits while playing the past four games for a short-handed unit.
  — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025