How to Use hands-off in a Sentence

hands-off

adjective
  • The brisket is made in the slow cooker for hands-off ease.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Use the hands-off time to prep your drink and side salad.
    — Sonja and Alex Overhiser, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • This method is mostly hands-off, as a lot of the work happens in the oven.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
  • On the plus side, the cooking process for a leg of lamb is fairly hands-off.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • More hands-off than ice, this technique lets the freezer do the work.
    — Ann Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Cook the homemade sauce a day or two in advance, and the rest of the recipe is mostly hands-off.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 4 May 2023
  • Snyder is a hands-off lender, this person says, and has had no say in the making of or the release of the film.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • The record company was hands-off and remained that way.
    — Vulture, 31 July 2023
  • This doesn’t mean leaders should take a hands-off approach.
    — Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Staff at the zoo were hands-off during the process to give Zuri a quiet space during childbirth.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • Instead, try to have a more hands-off approach in these areas.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • Simmer the carcass with vegetable scraps in a pot on the stovetop, or use the Instant Pot for a faster, more hands-off process.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Schools could use the wide latitude the FCC leaves them to take a more hands-off approach to web filtering.
    — Tara García Mathewson, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • In a hands-off demo, the developers showed off the early parts of the campaign, which takes place in a home that’s about to be sold.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This final simmer step is hands-off, and creates a window for a pre-meal breather.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Even though Chapman was an unproven new artist, the label took a hands-off approach.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Best for: People who are new to budgeting or want a more hands-off approach.
    — Kevin J. Ryan, wsj.com, 29 Dec. 2023
  • There’s also another, even more hands-off approach that will get the job done.
    — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Or for something more hands-off, try the iRobot Roomba 692, which cleans your floors without any elbow grease.
    — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The big picture: The situation is a big change from the fairly hands-off way Trump treated the agency in his first term.
    — Emily Peck, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Luckily, a more hands-off approach tends to work well for people.
    — Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • But the somewhat fluid, hands-off approach has led to problems in some instances.
    — Seamus Webster, Fortune, 10 June 2024
  • While pulled pork alone normally takes hours to make, this easy stew will be ready in well under 2 hours, and is mostly hands-off too.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2024
  • In this case, a more hands-off approach is probably fitting.
    — Joseph Kimbrough, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Trump will be more hands-off than Biden Trump helped push the cease-fire agreement ahead of his inauguration.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Soak on Low Setting For an even more hands-off approach, fill the slow cooker slightly above the food line with water, and add a few drops of dish soap.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2025
  • This easy hands-off braise makes the perfect Sunday dinner and speedy weeknight dinners.
    — Beth Dooley, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The administration has maintained a hands-off approach to the protest.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
  • President Biden is taking a hands-off approach to the funding fight this time around, but a shutdown c ould force him to make one key change.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The tech industry has wrestled with how to approach it, and the pendulum is now swinging toward a more hands-off approach.
    — Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025

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