How to Use handler in a Sentence

handler

noun

• The dog handler struggles to open the door all the way.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
• Don’t blame the client, blame the handler — which is the acting court judge!
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
• The office has a K-9 team of a half-dozen dogs and handlers.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
• Ceilidh had been a dog handler for a year at that point.
  — Vanessa A. Bee, The New Republic, 3 June 2020
• But what should this bio break handler on the moon be called?
  — Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 29 June 2020
• When a dog points a bird, the handler flushes and shoots it.
  — Mark Chesnut, Field & Stream, 15 Apr. 2020
• Casey likes the idea of pairing a ball-handler next to Hayes in the backcourt.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2020
• He’s got high-end skill on the puck as a handler and play-creator.
  — Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
• Some stand, quite docile, held on a rope by their handlers.
  — Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 11 July 2025
• The handler’s name was Karen, and her dog’s name was Halo.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
• Otto moved to Alaska in 2016 to work as a handler and learn about the sport.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2022
• Those handlers have their pockets stuffed with food and the dogs know it.
  — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 13 May 2024
• Have the other handler yell or make noise and throw a bumper or dead bird.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 17 Aug. 2020
• Needs to clean up his ball skills, both as a handler and pass catcher.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2021
• This isn't the first time Nimble's handler, Hornor, took home awards.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 May 2024
• The dog has to want to show well and that comes down to the handler, Ayalla Ruvio said.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2023
• At that point, one of Favre’s handlers came and led him back to the signing table.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
• If an air handler won’t fit in the ceiling, stuff it in the attic or the basement.
  — Burkhard Bilger, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
• Gutierrez-Reed was the weapons handler on the Western film Rust.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
• Unbeknownst to the dog handler, the kennel gate back at the truck had been left open.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 4 Dec. 2020
• Plop and handler Lisa Topol also won that prize in 2019.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Star Tribune, 11 June 2021
• Plop and handler Lisa Topol also won that prize in 2019.
  — Jennifer Peltz, ajc, 12 June 2021
• One group spent the whole hour with a therapy dog and its handler.
  — Nick Morrison, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• The cubs are now at about 60% of what their handlers expect to be their mature weight.
  — Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
• The next step is to take a trip to the Nomad's camp, where horse handler Mikolai resides.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
• The dog’s handler holds it by a leash but allows the biting to go on for about 30 seconds.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
• The handlers and the dogs worked together for more than two years, over which time the quartet formed a close bond.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
• Once the plane was clear of all passengers, a snake handler arrived to take care of the cobra.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• The city should install hitching posts in Central Park as an extra safeguard against the rare but preventable instances of a horse trotting away from its handler.
  — Christina Hansen, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
• Despite the care team's best efforts to coax Mars out of the water, the playful baby hippo remained stubborn, lying down and even running away from his handlers.
  — Eric Noll, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2025