How to Use left-hand in a Sentence
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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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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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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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So the upper left-hand corner of the screen is mostly captions of the music, and then in the upper right-hand corner is a lot of the sound effects.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
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With a green arrow to turn onto northbound Springbrook Drive, Yang began the left-hand turn.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2025
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Then, coming out of a left-hand turn in sector 1, the social-media star spun the car 360 degrees and hit the wall, Road and Track reported.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2025
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On the upper left-hand side is the resource cost and, below it, the attack power, resources, and Force the card generates.
—Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 4 May 2023
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Ellet’s story of becoming an NFL coach despite the loss of his arm has garnered him the nickname, the left-hand man.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
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Your left-hand opponent doesn’t have many hearts and probably not many spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
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Hunters can view images all the way back to March of 2023 by changing the recent imagery date in the bottom left-hand corner, right above the hunt layers tab.
—Ryan Chelius, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2024
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These days, travelers flock here for two main reasons: to see jaw-dropping sunsets and to seek out left-hand surf breaks.
—Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2023
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