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as in clumsy
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
I'd rather have no help at all than have his left-handed "assistance"
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as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
failed to realize that he had received a left-handed compliment
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as in counterclockwise
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Recent Examples of left-handed
Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The Phillies’ left-handed starting pitching, home run power and lineup dynamics would pose large problems.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
The Giants hope there will plenty of splash hits over the course of Rafael Devers’ nine years at Oracle Park, and the left-handed slugger started the count Wednesday night with a towering shot that barely made it to the water.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
For example, Joc Pederson, a left-handed DH, and a recent World Series winner in Los Angeles and Atlanta, signed with Texas this past winter for two years at $37 million heading into his age 33 season.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
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The Brewers don’t have the same caliber or quantity of left-handed pitching to throw at the Dodgers.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The Phillies’ left-handed starting pitching, home run power and lineup dynamics would pose large problems.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
The Giants hope there will plenty of splash hits over the course of Rafael Devers’ nine years at Oracle Park, and the left-handed slugger started the count Wednesday night with a towering shot that barely made it to the water.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
For example, Joc Pederson, a left-handed DH, and a recent World Series winner in Los Angeles and Atlanta, signed with Texas this past winter for two years at $37 million heading into his age 33 season.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for left-handed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left-handed
Adjective
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Arturs Silovs looked a bit clumsy in the first period and his rebound control was less than stellar.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Actually, Alma does suffer from ulcers, which cause her extraordinary stomach pain and vomiting at inconvenient moments, and cause viewers to wonder not if but when such clumsy symbolic traits will be trotted out in the future.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Ohtani stroked a triple into the right field corner in his first at-bat Thursday and scored on Mookie Betts’ double.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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But creditors allege First Brands used the same invoice multiple times to access funds from private lenders that were unaware of the double dipping.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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In all of the courses, the pedagogy is an awkward pastiche of traditions, combining Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Slavic paganism, Siberian shamanism, and Asian spiritual practices, spiked with elements of Jungian and American pop psychology.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Pignato shared a scene from a recent consult with a rival company that wanted advice on how to bring AI into its engineering workflow, and an awkward generational mismatch.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a world where fake medical implants, counterfeit microchips, and cloned devices can threaten lives, money, and security, proving that a physical object is truly genuine is a major challenge.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Broncos also were successful on a fake punt in the fourth quarter.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 21 Oct. 2025.
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