How to Use left-hand in a Sentence

left-hand

adjective
  • All the football stuff was all left-hand.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 7 June 2026
  • Cypert’s white Hyundai prepares to make a left-hand turn.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Postecoglou had another choice to make on the left-hand side.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • That’s a nod to how few left-hand drive cars there are in South Africa.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In the left-hand menu, click on Mailboxes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Greater depth is required down the left-hand side of Carrick’s squad, too.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • There are a handful of tabs on the left-hand side that give you more control over the fine details.
    — PC Magazine, 20 May 2025
  • Tap the back arrow in the upper left-hand corner of the screen to exit.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Click the left-hand yellow arrow in the upper left of the screen to exit.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • In the first image, a diamond ring is on her left-hand ring finger.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Aaron Rodgers Aaron Rodgers left the game with a left-hand injury.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
  • On the left-hand side of the settings menu, click Search Engine.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Enter the boardroom and there is a framed portrait of Arend on the left-hand wall.
    — Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Walkers who choose to cross the entire bridge will stay in the left-hand outside paved lane all the way across.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The reel also has a reversible handle for right- or left-hand retrieve.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 May 2024
  • Wiles barely could make the tight final left-hand turn that had tricked Monsen.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In comes the cornet flanked by his right- and left-hand men, all three in ties, top hats, green frocks, breeches and boots.
    — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • In the images, Britton could be seen wearing a ring on her left-hand ring finger.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Using scissors, cut seven to 10 small slits on the bottom left-hand half of the card.
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The car draws its own attention with its French license plate and a left-hand drive steering wheel.
    — Kaela Ling, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Otherwise, Manu Bay is legendary for its long, left-hand breaks.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The import option is easy to find on the left-hand side of the Google Contacts screen.
    — John Brandon, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026
  • The example on the left-hand side of the figure below illustrates this case.
    — Karl Freund, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Legge’s car hit the wall on the left-hand side of the circuit, forcing her out of the race and sparking the first caution of the race.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • Miley was spotted sporting a diamond ring on her left-hand ring finger.
    — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The move into Japan marks the company’s first in a left-hand traffic market.
    — Jennifer Elias,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • My turntable is out of the shot, but a few records from my collection are visible in the bottom left-hand corner.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Each box and glove combination produces one of two outcomes, either a right-hand glove or a left-hand glove.
    — William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
  • To find out a farm’s official name, look at the upper left-hand corner of your paycheck, above the address.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
  • Fill the upper left-hand corner with a single layer of blueberries.
    — Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026

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