How to Use handstand in a Sentence

handstand

noun
  • Some warmed up in loose cyphers, with head spins and handstands.
    — Dan Greene, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
  • Midway, the athlete is in a handstand, with legs in full split.
    — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • My husband likes to do handstands at the airport while waiting for a flight.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2018
  • Were my handstands perfectly straight or my cartwheels smooth by the end of the hour?
    — Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
  • As a bonus, Lee tossed in a graceful handstand at the start of the routine.
    — Mary Colurso | [email protected], al, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Enter the frog stand, then raise your legs overhead into a handstand.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 10 Mar. 2021
  • Grant does a handstand, Grant does a backflip, and love conquers all.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Feb. 2021
  • Others get creative with a handstand.
    — Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The challenge calls for a person to put on a T-shirt while doing a handstand.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 12 Apr. 2020
  • And when the time comes to scare off a predator, these little guys perform a handstand and kick out their back legs.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The vaulter jumps high into the air and pulls himself into a handstand as the pole starts to straighten.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2021
  • Having problems with pullups or mastering an even tougher move like a handstand?
    — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 July 2022
  • His legs spun clockwise as his arms marched between grips, ending in a handstand that gently dipped to the ground.
    — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2021
  • Shawn also performs stunning acts like handstands on the cycle.
    — Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
  • Vera Pluharova learned how to put on a T-shirt while doing a handstand.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2020
  • They were surrounded by eager male Marines, one of whom was doing a handstand.
    — Heather Mac Donald, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2019
  • Then Landolphi swung her legs up in the air and did a handstand on Zeiger’s shoulders.
    — Jim Rendon, Marie Claire, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Wyclef Jean, clearly excited to be back, did a handstand for some reason.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Dressed in a red sweatshirt and denim shorts, Candace pushed her legs off a glass wall and into a handstand.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 9 July 2022
  • The new work includes one of a girl gymnast performing a handstand on a pile of concrete rubble.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The mammals, which can get as big as 800 pounds, will balance balls, shoot hoops, dance, do handstands and more.
    — Kevin Lyttle, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Almost anyone can get to that point with an extra-hard bodyweight exercise like a handstand push-up.
    — Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 24 Mar. 2026
  • By the end of the afternoon, there are foot races and backflips and somersaults and handstand contests.
    — Bronwen Dickey, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2018
  • And now, two whole years later, the handstand challenge is back, albeit in a slightly different form.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 13 July 2022
  • And Brutus showed off some impressive moves, including a form of a handstand walk.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Things took a turn when Weyand transitioned into a handstand and fell on his back while Liukin giggled.
    — Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Painted on the side of a crumbling building, the piece depicts a gymnast doing a handstand on a pile of rubble.
    — Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the poses were specifically to benefit the dogs, like this dog version of a handstand.
    — Amy Rushlow, SELF, 28 Sep. 2017
  • With bars, keep an eye on the handstands, where judges are looking for athletes to finish the skill directly above the bar, rather than at an angle.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Youngsters can still see a glistening catfish, fresh out of water, or do a handstand in the local swimming hole, or watch a rodeo.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023

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