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Recent Examples of left-handed
Adverb
According to Cubs manager Craig Counsell via Marquee Sports' Bruce Levine, Alcántara will be the starting centerfielder for Chicago against select left-handed pitching. Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025 Cooper initially thought mirror bacteria would eventually die off due to a lack of food, but there are enough molecules that are neither right-handed or left-handed to sustain them. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025 Caglianone and Jensen also bat left-handed, as does veteran outfielder Mike Yastrzemski. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025 The left-handed throwing Nussmeier is a four-star recruit according to 247Sports and holds 20 offers. Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for left-handed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left-handed
Adjective
  • The rubber sole is also important for clumsy gals like myself.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Camels seem slow, hippos clumsy, phoenixes unstable, lions lazy.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The addition of the Warlock-like floaty jump (sorry, there are just a lot of Destiny things) is very good, as is the base level double jump all characters have.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The patterns will suit any stripe preference, from the wider Pembroke in pine green and sandstone to the mini- and double-stripe options.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 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
  • While there is little doubt about the outcome of the Fed meeting, there are still questions over who exactly will be voting—setting up some very awkward dynamics.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • This leaves the broader discourse around Kirk’s assassination in an awkward position, deprived of the certainty that so many crave.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Colbert made several jokes about needing a job and even brought a fake resume with a youthful headshot of himself.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Nepalese government, citing concerns over fake accounts, hate speech, disinformation and fraud, said the measures were to ensure accountability and make operators responsible for content on their platforms.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 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 16 Sep. 2025.

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