How to Use in hand in a Sentence

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  • There's not much that's better than sitting on a back porch on a warm summer evening with a glass of wine in hand, chatting with friends.
    — Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • Argentina came out strongly again at the start of the second half, playing accurately with ball in hand.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Perhaps, 126 years from now, this essay will seem like the latest such exercise in hand-wringing.
    — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
  • Rarely are these tributes to a proxy advisor review committee or a management task force armed with checklists in hand.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026
  • Benny, the facility dog, works paw in hand with child life specialist Martha Hartz.
    — Zuri Primos june 29, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026
  • Moreover, the timeline for doing all this is roughly analogous as well – a matter of weeks, once the fissile material is in hand.
    — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The Canton, Ohio, native has a job offer in hand from Kalitta Air in Michigan.
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 9 July 2026
  • But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.
    — Cj Moore, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Watching the body-camera footage released by police shows a woman with what looks like at least one large chef’s knife in hand while opening a glass sliding door from the single-family home’s patio.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • There's nowhere else to be at sunset, reclined on a beanbag, cocktail in hand, as the Maldives' paint chart of bright blues morphs into a canvas of ambers, pinks, peaches, and golds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2026
  • Investigations of the outbreaks that followed pinned them on shortages of protective equipment, lapses in hand hygiene and overcrowded units.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The idea is to deliver a knife with stronger visual identity, more presence in hand, and greater capability, while still remaining practical for everyday carry.
    — New Atlas, 9 July 2026
  • When that didn’t change the safe call, Dalton immediately pointed to the Dodgers dugout, mask in hand urging manager Dave Roberts to challenge.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Forces to fight in hand-to-hand combat while outnumbered more than eight-to-one, the Stockbridge Militia lost around 40 of their 60 soldiers, including Ninham and his son.
    — Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
  • With a fresh margarita in hand, Josef launches into a 70-minute monologue about his Life and Times, which carries on past Nathan’s anchor-watch shift and into Coop’s.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • With this yardstick of capabilities in hand, the two most consequential enterprise challengers, Microsoft and Amazon, come into sharper focus.
    — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Rodriguez spoke to customers cheering for Messi — from Mexico, Jordan, Israel and Egypt, all chanting Argentine songs in unison with bottles of Quilmes beer in hand.
    — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • With caffeine in hand, stroll to Davidson College’s Historic Quad to admire the Greek Revival architecture featured in landmarks like the columned Chambers Building (the center of academic life) and Philanthropic Hall (dating back to 1850).
    — Brennan Long, Southern Living, 7 July 2026

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