How to Use handsy in a Sentence

handsy

adjective
  • Both are handsy at the point of attack.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The handsy thief also helped himself to the watch on my wrist.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
  • The handsy thief also helped himself to the watch on my wrist.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Whether a handsy jockey, who hung on a horse’s mouth rather than riding him, paid him any mind was the least of his worries.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • All of a sudden, Rocky gets handsy and pushes her face, prompting her husband to reach out and move his hand away.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
  • And one in particular got entirely too handsy with the actor.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Randle has often struggled with physical, handsy defenders and the Spurs have plenty of those.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 9 May 2026
  • And the season even got started on a villain edit with Nicole, already overly handsy with Mel in front of the other women.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • At a party, Onegin gets a bit handsy with his friend’s bride-to-be and Lensky has no choice, presumably, but to challenge the other man to a duel.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
  • Next door, at the nearly pitch-black bar Nothing Really Matters, a pair of court officers knocked back tomato martinis as a couple got handsy over pilsners a few seats down.
    — The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Payton lit into Moss on the sideline, slapping his clipboard, after the cornerback got a bit too handsy with Giants receiver Beaux Collins in the end zone.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • After The New York Post published the Russini-Vrabel photos last week, the pair downplayed the handsy interaction.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • After The New York Post published the Russini-Vrabel photos last week, the pair downplayed the handsy interaction.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Before the buzzer could sound, Nikola Jokić took exception to a meaningless late layup from the perpetually trolling Jaden McDaniels and chased him down to kick off a handsy scuffle.
    — Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The Nuggets spent training camp and the preseason declaring their goal to be more handsy and aggressive defensively this season, to force the referees to call fouls like Oklahoma City does so effectively.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Brooklyn got a little too handsy, the free throws piled up, and Miami’s 7-for-8 start at the line was the difference in a quarter where the Heat shot 48% and still carried a 34-28 lead.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • UConn started the game just 3-for-12 from the field and fell into a four-minute scoring drought as the Pirates, aggressive and handsy on the defensive end, took a 14-11 lead around the 10-minute mark.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Peter waltzes through an indistinguishable parade of such parties, high as a kite on some drug or another, at one point getting pulled into a panting threesome with another guy and handsy British tourist Leonora (Paris Petitjean).
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Bryan addresses cheating allegations While discussing where the couples' stand after July's season finale, Andy asked Bryan about the cheating allegations floating from a TikTok video of him hosting a party and allegedly getting handsy with another woman.
    — Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • While appearing at the Supergirl world premiere in New York City on Monday, June 22, the Superman actor, 32, could be seen protecting his costar, Milly Alcock, from a handsy photographer on the red carpet.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026

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