How to Use invisible hand in a Sentence

invisible hand

noun
  • Caught by an invisible hand, these fish don't know what hit them.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Like an invisible hand, the microwaves hold the car in place.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The front of her throat felt tight, as though an invisible hand was clamping down on her breath.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2022
  • My throat simply felt as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand.
    — Adam Verner september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Do nothing and let the invisible hand fix the problem free of charge.
    — T.j. Rodgers, WSJ, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The invisible hand that always points true north.
    — Ken Polk, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • And, in fact, my mother-in-law only just learned about the invisible hand two days ago.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018
  • So what in the name of Adam Smith’s invisible hand is going on here?
    — Robert Schlesinger, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The same invisible hand that lifted the price of those nuggies is the one crashing them back down in a vat of ranch.
    — Drew Goins, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • At least for some, that Adam Smith invisible hand is working out.
    — Erik Lacitis, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The invisible hand of the market depended on the heavier hand of the state.
    — Joseph E. Stiglitz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The way Xi's invisible hand is being played up in state media would seem to support this.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The legendary Adam Smith once talked of the proverbial invisible hand.
    — Bindesh Pandey, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The only way for the articles to be self-correcting is not to correct, to let the invisible hand do its job.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The invisible hand may be no less naively utopian than collectivism.
    — WSJ, 15 Apr. 2022
  • A lot of filmmakers work with an invisible hand, stealth wizards behind the curtain.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Adam Smith didn’t expect the invisible hand to bring about stronger national defense.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And these giant smudges of light may be providing fresh evidence of dark matter’s invisible hand.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But Jarmusch folds everything into the mix with an invisible hand.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
  • After years of paddling against headwinds and currents, the engine felt like an invisible hand pushing the canoe along.
    — Porter Fox, New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • After all, the invisible hand of the market is not designed to nurture and protect democracy.
    — Miguel Padró, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Her complaint also puts the invisible hand and tactics of crisis PR in a harsh spotlight.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But the Chinese government isn't the only invisible hand here.
    — David Pogue, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Insofar as it is left to the invisible hand to arrange these matters, this scenario seems truly unavoidable.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some argue that caste has become a sort of invisible hand, still shaping the everyday lives of Indians.
    — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Casavant’s was the invisible hand, slowing pushing the narrative behind the scenes.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2018
  • The looming free agency of the game’s premier is the invisible hand guiding the Cavs’ decision-making.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Is this just the sartorial weather shifting under the invisible hand of the global zeitgeist?
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The 180-degree turn for cable in recent years is a good reminder that the invisible hand of the market is always moving.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
  • On most of the 49ers’ big plays against Minnesota, Juszczyk was the invisible hand who drove the play without touching the ball.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020

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