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adverb

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Recent Examples of left-handed
Adverb
Kim has been given just 19 at-bats against left-handed pitching at the major-league level and held his own with seven hits, including one of his two home runs. Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025 Girard's absence leaves them with only six defensemen who have more than 29 games of NHL experience, and only one left-handed guy with more than 44. Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2025 On Friday, the left-handed starter — who is recovering from a left rotator-cuff strain — made another rehab start with Triple-A Omaha. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025 Due to a lingering left calf injury, the left-handed hitting Tucker, 28, hasn’t played a game since September 2. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for left-handed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left-handed
Adjective
  • Maggie is a snoop—and a clumsy one.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But the character’s state of servitude is largely hidden in clumsy blocking.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For some Obamacare beneficiaries, premiums are expected to more than double, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (aka KFF), a nonprofit health care research organization.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • The steel case is topped with a 12-sided ceramic unidirectional bezel that provides a firm grip and a solid, quiet motion when rotating it counterclockwise.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Upon entering the facility grounds, visitors proceed counterclockwise around the basin, symbolically taking them back to 1945.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s six games without a goal now for their new striker, who still looks awkward in this side.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The onion on top is a little awkward to cut and to eat, so think of this as a knife-and-fork cornbread.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Methanol is an industrial chemical that can cause nerve and liver damage and is sometimes found in fake or poorly distilled alcohol.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The pop of color offers a shimmer-free (rare!) means of warming up a wedding look and works equally well at lip level.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
  • By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Twenty-five years after authorities discovered a headless and handless man in a Michigan cornfield, arrests have been made in connection to the grisly murder.
    Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man's headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said.
    Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022

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“Left-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-handed. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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