How to Use right-handed in a Sentence

right-handed

adjective
  • The one’s about his right-handed swing.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The right-handed Hawk took the loss.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • It also isn’t set on a right-handed shot.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The man appeared to be right-handed.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Those guys will be on-base a ton against right-handed pitching.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The swing is in a good place, right-handed, left-handed.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The gun was found in her left hand, but Tiffiney was right-handed.
    — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Four of the top six defensemen on this team are right-handed shots.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Think about a right-handed person trying to use their left hand!
    — Michelle Stansbury, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Chad, who is right-handed, could never play the guitar very well.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Much of that depth, however, is right-handed.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 19 June 2026
  • About 90% of people are right-handed.
    — Caroline Kobia, The Conversation, 21 May 2026
  • There are no known right-handed neutrinos.
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • DuPont is also right-handed and already has a heavy shot.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The bat, right-handed looks really good.
    — Jack Vita, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This old scout has high hopes for right-handed hitting Carter Kieboom.
    — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The right-handed pitcher is 26.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Still, there is room for another right-handed bat to start against lefties.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Brandon Marsh will platoon with a right-handed bat.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Josh Doan would have to be a key part of the replacement plan as a right-handed winger.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Merrill will hit clean-up in the first lineup against a right-handed starter this weekend.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The 30-year-old right-handed pitcher fired what appeared to be a strike.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • Herbert is a right-handed thrower.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 18 June 2026
  • Their right-handed batters went 3-for-13 against him.
    — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Elly can’t hit batting right-handed.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • Goldschmidt and Rosario are both right-handed hitters.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The cause was a cardiac event — the second such episode for the right-handed pitcher in less than six months.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Sorry, lefties, this is a right-handed mouse only.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The interesting thing here is that five of those six players are right-handed.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The two holes also make this indoor green ideal for both right-handed and left-handed golfers.
    — Tim Chan, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

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