How to Use sure-handed in a Sentence

sure-handed

adjective
  • Just a lucky bounce off a sure-handed receiver and a heads-up play.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2025
  • There’s nobody more sure-handed than Miggy.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The sure-handed Puka Nacua dropped a sure touchdown pass.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The sure-handed Hofland, who is 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds, is a matchup nightmare.
    — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Thomas threw two touchdown passes, both to the quick and sure-handed Maldonado.
    — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2025
  • There is no magic, sure-handed dribbler coming to save the Timberwolves.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Primarily a shortstop, the sure-handed Lombard has also spent some time at third base this season.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Kuiper, once a sure-handed Giants utility infielder, misses the aside, gazing at his script.
    — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The boys, meanwhile, put together a dominant season and a sure-handed championship win.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Another sophomore, Torres, is a sure-handed target.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The sure-handed Doubs muffed the recovery with less than two minutes remaining and the Packers leading by 7.
    — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Some of that positive energy comes from having a flood of sure-handed receivers returning with varsity experience.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The Carolina Panthers knew that Chris Brazzell was going to be sure-handed and rangy and fast when the team selected him in the third round of the draft last month.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026
  • Despite this, the former Super Bowl champion has carved out a very important role as a sure-handed weapon on the Commanders' offense with a nose for the end zone.
    — Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The Eagles pounced on a fumble in the third quarter and Tank Bigbsy, the sure-handed backup to Barkley, scored for a 14-10 lead.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • But Denegal wouldn’t even have been in that situation had the sure-handed Bostick held onto a first-down pass that would have given the Aztecs some breathing room after starting the drive from their own 8-yard line.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On Sunday, Harrison returns to the city where his father established greatness, one sure-handed catch after another, all the way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • However, Jones watched as quarterback Dak Prescott tried to push the ball downfield to get the Cowboys’ lead back, but CeeDee Lamb, usually sure-handed, had some drop trouble in the fourth quarter that hurt the team badly in the end.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • At the outset of the Hot Stove Season, the Mets moved fan-favorite Brandon Nimmo to the Texas Rangers in return for sure-handed, but potentially bat-hamstrung second baseman, Marcus Semien.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

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