How to Use manhandle in a Sentence

manhandle

verb

• He was manhandling the boy.
• He says he was manhandled by the police.
• They manhandled the heavy boxes onto the truck.
• She manhandled the posts into place.
• But that shouldn’t give you the go-ahead to manhandle your strands on wash day.
  — Lily Moe, Health, 7 Feb. 2024
• Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 July 2024
• They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
• Skule got manhandled in training camp but fared better of late.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2019
• Did something get squashed en route, then manhandled by Kennedy?
  — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026
• And if all else goes wrong, the crew can always step in and manhandle the robot back to its dock.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2017
• The guy has absolutely manhandled some of the best in the world.
  — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
• And what about those young black girls who were manhandled by police at a Texas pool party?
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• The Tigers then manhandled Ball State.
  — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Brito looked completely out of his depth as he was manhandled en route to a lopsided loss.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• Federal agents manhandled him out of the room, shoved him down onto his knees and handcuffed him.
  — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
• The Colts have a fine offensive line, but the defense was manhandled.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2019
• Anyone who has seen the video knows that he was fully handcuffed after having been manhandled to the ground.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 12 June 2025
• The way they were manhandled last week at home should give bettors pause, especially if the line goes over seven.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Sep. 2019
• Then the Chiefs manhandled the Vikings in the Super Bowl the next year.
  — Barry Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• That should be a lesson running through this franchise from a decade ago to last week’s manhandling in Cleveland.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2019
• Where the whole thing is a contraption to be bent to your will, to be cajoled and manhandled into doing your bidding.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
• In the same game, Wanogho helped spring a near 80-yard touchdown by manhandling his assignment.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
• The white supremacists may be crazy but not the kind of crazy as to welcome being manhandled by a mob 40 times their size.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2017
• Stella was torn between getting it right and being manhandled by Meredith.
  — Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
• Weekends are the worst time to shop, as the crush of customers quickly pick over, manhandling all the way, each and every bin in the veggie department.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
• She’s been wrestled to the ground, double cuffed, manhandled into a squad car and deposited at the Hammocks precinct.
  — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
• Miami hoped to use its sheer size to manhandle Indiana and dominate both lines of scrimmage.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
• Those ramped up after Ottawa was completely manhandled by the Canes, and never held the lead at any point in the series.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• So very sad to read about the way blind, black student Ebenezer Azamati was manhandled by @OxfordUnion.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
• But even with Mizzou being able to do what it’s been doing — manhandling the trenches and milking the clock — the results were somewhat spoiled.
  — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025