How to Use evenhanded in a Sentence

evenhanded

adjective
  • I thought it was an evenhanded assessment of her performance.
  • As a trial judge, she was seen as evenhanded but tough in sentencing.
    — James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 1 June 2017
  • The tone is so evenhanded throughout the two acts that the story loses focus here and there.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The playwright may intend to be evenhanded, but the humor tends to be the giveaway.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 June 2024
  • Or what about an evenhanded look at dossier author Christopher Steele ?
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
  • Cries for impeachment recurred when the court released a more evenhanded map.
    — Meghan Leonard, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2018
  • In Leaf’s evenhanded telling, there are no perfect options — only a menu of imperfect ones.
    — Omari Daniels, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • Stourton is evenhanded, despite having served as a chairman of Sotheby’s.
    — Terry W. Hartle, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Given its format of allotting first choice of top talent to teams with the worst records from the previous year, the draft can seem like an evenhanded affair.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020
  • As the Chauvin case illustrates, the law itself may block an evenhanded depiction of a victim's life.
    — Albert W. Alschuler, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Then a mortal named Kid Cudi wanders by with an evenhanded guest verse, reminding us that this music is still of this world.
    — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
  • This is a fair and evenhanded country ruled by equitable laws and without cruel or unusual punishment.
    — Charlie Peters, National Review, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Bari Weiss is seeking to rebalance this liberal bias to present more evenhanded coverage.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2026
  • It was supposed to be about an evenhanded look at voting systems, a lot of chin-stroking academics who were weighing the evidence impartially.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 19 July 2017
  • What sticks out here is the evenhanded treatment among networks, particularly Fox News.
    — Washington Post, 11 May 2022
  • While the documentary evolves in its scope, Miron’s feature debut always remains evenhanded.
    — Kimber Myers, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
  • But our survey shows that despite the trend in the general public toward a more evenhanded approach on the issue, that’s not the case for Trump backers.
    — Shibley Telhami, Washington Post, 2 May 2017
  • Most of the information available to us in the past was edited, however imperfectly, for evenhanded truth.
    — Jack Davies, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Maybe Revkin is just too evenhanded and nuanced for Friedman's boilerplate arguments.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2010
  • While he's gained some prominence as a never-Trump conservative, the arguments in his book are evenhanded at distributing blame.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 Oct. 2018
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass sounded more evenhanded at the strike’s onset last week.
    — Samantha Chery, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Several council members joined in, praising Christensen for his evenhanded and even-tempered conduct.
    — al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The second half of the week may give you a chance to handle tricky relationship issues with a more evenhanded amount of cooperation and generosity.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2021
  • The leadership in Houston strives to remain evenhanded and fair among a few dozen of the most ambitious individuals on the planet.
    — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Sam Tanenhaus brings the iconic figure to life in this evenhanded, insightful, and well-written biography.
    — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2025
  • Sam Tanenhaus brings the iconic figure to life in this evenhanded, insightful, and well-written biography.
    — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Wisconsin pollster Charles Franklin said the polling company is reputable and the questions were overall evenhanded.
    — Hope Karnopp, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Feb. 2024
  • If the courts are evenhanded, however, ruthless accountability can put Pakistan on a true path to democracy.
    — Syed Fazl-E-Haider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2017
  • Trump portrayed his plan as an evenhanded approach that would help both businesses and working people, suggesting that his call for scrapping deductions would harm wealthy people such as himself.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The Journal’s same-day page one coverage of the coming battle over a new standard is evenhanded but doesn’t mention the $500 billion in savings.
    — WSJ, 17 Aug. 2018

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