How to Use left-hand in a Sentence
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The keyboard comes in two pieces: a left-hand half and a right-hand half.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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That’s a nod to how few left-hand drive cars there are in South Africa.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
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Look at this pile of debris over here to my left-hand side.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
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Postecoglou had another choice to make on the left-hand side.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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Enter the boardroom and there is a framed portrait of Arend on the left-hand wall.
—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
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Tap the back arrow in the upper left-hand corner of the screen to exit.
—Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
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Click the left-hand yellow arrow in the upper left of the screen to exit.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
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There are a handful of tabs on the left-hand side that give you more control over the fine details.
—PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
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In comes the cornet flanked by his right- and left-hand men, all three in ties, top hats, green frocks, breeches and boots.
—Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
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Using scissors, cut seven to 10 small slits on the bottom left-hand half of the card.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
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The Geo is in the left-hand lane when the officer, who is in the middle lane, bumps its back passenger side.
—Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2025
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Another prominent building sits to the left-hand side of the first hole on the 134-year-old course.
—Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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The left-hand menu choices are simple, with just three in the top group for Photos, Updates, and Print Store.
—PC Magazine, 25 June 2025
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By the time the pair set below the horizon in the early hours of July 4, the moon will have shifted to Spica's left-hand side.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 3 July 2025
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Instead, there's a translucent Moto AI icon that hovers on the left-hand side of the display.
—PC Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Hulu, Disney+, and Prime Video force users to click over to a left-hand submenu and then scroll down a bit to finally get to their lists.
—Vulture, 27 Oct. 2023
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Plans show the 2 miles would be widened to three, 12-foot-wide lanes with a continuous left-hand turning lane.
—Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
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Get a pulse from locals on swell conditions at Roca Bruja, where right- and left-hand waves, and the chance to ride a chute, are the draw.
—AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
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The move into Japan marks the company’s first in a left-hand traffic market.
—Jennifer Elias,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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The reel also has a reversible handle for right- or left-hand retrieve.
—Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
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The example on the left-hand side of the figure below illustrates this case.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Toward the end of the second quarter against the Golden State Warriors, Barnes sustained a left-hand injury and was ruled out for the rest of the game.
—Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
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The power button has been relocated to the left-hand earcup.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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To do that, go to your Microsoft account and head to Privacy in the left-hand corner.
—James Peckham, PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
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The strike zone was shown on the scoreboard and revealed the pitch had actually hit the lower left-hand corner.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jadon Sancho picked up the ball on the left-hand side of the Betis box before cutting inside and curling a strike into the far corner of the goal.
—Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
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Images from the scene show the cockpit area of the Learjet almost completely caved in on its left-hand side with a red tarp over it.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2025
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To find out a farm’s official name, look at the upper left-hand corner of your paycheck, above the address.
—Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
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My turntable is out of the shot, but a few records from my collection are visible in the bottom left-hand corner.
—Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
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Izzy Rodriguez made one of her patented overlapping runs down the left-hand side of the field and then played a perfect cross into the middle.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
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