backhand

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Recent Examples of backhand Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a backhand against Zachary Svajda of the United States during their Men's Singles Second Round match on Day Four of the 2025 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 27, 2025 in New York City. Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025 Serena showcased her powerful backhand while Venus focused forward during their 1999 match against Katrina Adams and Debbie Graham at the Evert Cup in Indian Wells. Diane J. Cho, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 She's known in the sport around the state as Big D — and for her mean two-handed backhand. La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 1 Aug. 2025 Sinner hit some great backhand shots to keep Alcaraz on his heels in that game. Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for backhand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for backhand
Noun
  • For this work, the artist used a scraper on copperplate with determined strength, creating a print with a range of tone similar to watercolor.
    Peter Saenger, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Those include open studio time every Monday afternoon, as well as copperplate etching with a master printmaker; monotype etching classes; drawing from the south; oil and watercolor painting classes; and Leonardo's Legacy classes.
    Sheila D. Grissett, NOLA.com, 17 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • The message, which is difficult to read, is written in cursive in black marker on a white sheet of paper.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Pruzansky went to work and wrote out the story on a few sheets of paper, in her neat cursive.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Nancy Mitford, an outspoken Socialist, wrote bestselling biographies and comic novels, most famously The Pursuit of Love, which has never been out of print.
    Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The song sold over 3 million copies and remains in print today.
    Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The subsequent pages include a childlike drawing of a wedding and redacted photos of young children in bed, playing piano, and evidently posing for the camera, with captions in what appears to be Maxwell’s handwriting.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Leavitt said that the White House would support having a professional handwriting expert review the signature.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The company provided side-by-side comparisons of GPT-5’s penmanship versus GPT-4o for things like wedding toasts and poems.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Cursive penmanship has been kicked to the curb in the past two decades by technology that favors keyboards over paper and pen.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • But in 2025, that script is breaking down.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And it was appreciated that Redford was concentrating on the script and the actors and directing with stylistic restraint and professional anonymity.
    Stephen Galloway, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The hot local labor market is running hand in hand with a hot property market.
    Claire Bushey and Peter Campbell, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
  • Bottom line: Your search is over for the ultimate winter running hand protection for any conditions.
    Svati Kirsten Narula, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • Later seeing the couple hand-in-hand at the 2025 Emmys was the highlight of my Sunday evening.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2025
  • An anime about a teenager avenging the deaths of his family at the hands of hordes of carnivorous demons wouldn’t usually be the sort of film which would be met with unanimous praise from critics.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

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“Backhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backhand. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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