How to Use single-handed in a Sentence

single-handed

adjective
  • This wheel effectively does away with complicated fit tweaks, allowing for single-handed precision tightening and loosening – even while wearing gloves.
    — New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Trump’s single-handed approach to tax-and-trade policy has landed him before the Supreme Court, which is expected to rule by summer on a major test case of presidential power.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • There are two players in the top 100 with a single-handed backhand, and one of those, Tatjana Maria, almost always plays a slice rather than hitting the kind of drive that tennis purists tend to imagine.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Founded in 2015, this Spanish-language publication is the single-handed effort of the fierce and fearless Doreen Ríos, who originally launched it as a directory of Mexico’s digital arts ecosystem.
    — Ana María Caballero, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The actress, who was spotted sitting courtside alongside other stars, including Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner, continued to gush about the game, which was won by a single-handed tip-in from the Knicks' OG Anunoby.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

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