How to Use underhanded in a Sentence
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Kelly fielded the ball and made an underhanded toss to first to end the threat.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2022
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This is not just an underhanded and vile tactic for lawyers to win cases.
—Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
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Any underhanded actions will not go well as a sense of right and wrong is strengthened.
—Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2020
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Several of them still shot with two hands from the field and underhanded from the foul line.
—Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 11 May 2018
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Far fewer know about the arguably underhanded way this all went down.
—Will Bunch, Philly.com, 26 Sep. 2017
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Their weapon was a pitch called the rise ball, which is thrown underhanded and with tremendous backspin.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 3 June 2021
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The underhanded plan The way this plan was launched speaks volumes.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
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The forward used the backboard, flicking the ball underhanded off it with a bounce pass.
—Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
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Adams saw no reason that high-minded ideals should shy from underhanded tactics.
—Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
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He was halted on a fast break, tossed the ball off the board underhanded, sped past his defenders, and dunked it.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 11 June 2017
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Some naysayers are warning us to be on the watch for sneaky and underhanded algorithms.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
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Kearney learns that underhanded deals with China are afoot, with many of her workers’ jobs on the line.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 July 2023
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Prospects cannot be turned off with heavy-handed permission requests—or with underhanded ones.
—Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
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That’s what feels so underhanded and so embarrassing about it.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 2 Apr. 2023
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Pitching will be underhanded and players won't be wearing gloves.
—Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
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Alvarez was able to get the out with an underhanded toss to first base before collapsing and getting carted off the field.
—John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Mar. 2021
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As a youth, Schwartz excelled in baseball, and shines throwing the softball underhanded in the games.
—Marvin Glassman, Jewish Journal, 3 July 2018
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Johnson flipped a nifty underhanded pass to Butler for a dunk minutes later.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
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This is true of private homes as well, but agents are less likely to employ underhanded tactics when churches are involved.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, The New York Review of Books, 3 Nov. 2020
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But the one underhanded thing when something goes so well and fits like a glove is that people have a hard time divorcing you from that character.
—Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2019
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The people behind issue one, the underhanded move to reduce the power of the voter.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 July 2023
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Instinct told Owens to reach around his back and throw it underhanded to the man sitting in the second level behind home plate.
—NBC News, 20 June 2020
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Cordero made a low underhanded toss to the plate, and catcher Yasmani Grandal couldn’t handle the throw and was charged with an error.
—Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2020
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But Wright’s rushed, underhanded throw dragged first baseman Eric Campbell off the bag.
—David Waldstein, New York Times, 11 May 2016
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If one or both rumors are true about the Crimson Tide's recruiting tactics, is that sneaky and underhanded?
—Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2018
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The 90-year-old Lasorda, a lefty who pitched for Brooklyn, underhanded his toss home.
—USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017
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Davis grabbed the baseball and, with Devers in his sightline, underhanded it to his charging pitcher.
—Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 31 May 2018
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What your boyfriend did was inconsiderate and underhanded and showed disregard for your feelings.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
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There are, of course, the shootouts, the inventive ways drugs are trafficked, meddling law enforcement agents and underhanded plots and betrayals.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
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Ragans made an underhanded toss to the plate from his glove, but Robert made a nice slide to avoid catcher Jonah Heim’s tag to tie the game at 1.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
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