How to Use left-handed in a Sentence

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• Then there were the drop shots, the drive volleys, the tricky, left-handed slice serve.
  — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
• Ruiz had led off four times in the A’s first 15 games, all against left-handed starters.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2023
• The 5-foot-8, left-handed guard has walked onto the floor as a starter the past three seasons.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• The amino acids that make up proteins are all left-handed.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
• At the plate, the left-handed Shouse makes her mark hitting as a slapper.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
• And in the last three seasons, it was used more than half the time against left-handed batters.
  — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 24 May 2023
• The pitch breaks down and away to a left-handed batter while boring in on the hands of a right-hander.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
• Strawberry can’t tell you much about the Mets’ left-handed bats off the bench.
  — Michael Bamberger, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• That was sandwiched by two buckets — a left-handed layup and an off-the-bounce trey.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
• Avi is a left-handed pitcher who had four RBIs in the final.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
• That just shows you how much power that guy has to be able to hit the ball out of that part of the ballpark left-handed.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
• But in two weeks, the 22-year-old left-handed power pitcher has moved up to No. 92.
  — Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
• The brand also produces left-handed mice for the 10% of the population who veer to the left.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
• Snell, 31, has been one of the top left-handed pitchers in the game during his nine-year career.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
• The 30-year-old left-handed pitcher hadn’t struggled much in the first month of his Texas tenure.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
• At the plate, the Marlins once again struggled against a left-handed pitcher.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
• Jones and Benson are both tall left-handed hitters who have swing-and-miss in their game.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
• Keep in Mind These are not bypass shears, which are harder to find in left-handed grips.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Hield’s fifth assist of the game was a left-handed swing to Curry on the wing for another triple.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
• The Mets then brought in left-hander Jake Diekman to face a left-handed hitter for a one-out save.
  — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
• Then think about how Padres batters see left-handed starters.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
• Bigge was leaning on the dugout rail — not far from the left-handed batter's box where Rutschman was stationed — when the ball hit the side of his face.
  — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
• Texas State sophomore left-handed pitcher Madison Azua may be in line to take the place of Mullins.
  — Ethan Westerman, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2025
• Batting left-handed again, the switch-hitter capped the day by going the other way with a two-run home run to left field in the ninth.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Muller didn’t get a chance face the Dodgers’ newest big left-handed bat, Shohei Ohtani, who has yet to make his spring debut.
  — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Hermesch, who relieved left-handed starter Ben Arn, took the loss.
  — Skip Vaughn, al, 5 May 2023
• De La Cruz is playing in a home park that is one of the best in the majors for hitters, left-handed or right-handed.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Proteins, by contrast, are made up of left-handed amino acids.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
• Roberts summoned the left-handed Dryer to face the left-handed-hitting Soto, who walked to load the bases.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
• Sanchez, Suarez, and Luzardo throw left-handed, giving the team a luxury unmatched by most other contenders.
  — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025