How to Use left in a Sentence

left

1 of 2 adjective
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  • He hit him with a left hook to the jaw.
  • He felt a pain in his left side.
  • Lyles has missed the past nine games with a left knee sprain.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 31 Mar. 2024
  • De La Cruz slid head first and tapped the base with his left hand to score.
    — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
  • During the struggle, the gun went off and the 34-year-old victim was shot in his left leg.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Nice, too, is a huge dead pedal for the driver's left foot.
    — Steven Cole Smith, Car and Driver, 6 July 2023
  • At the same time, extend left arm and right leg to straight in the air so both are parallel to the floor.
    — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 10 July 2023
  • But Smith is out now, standing on the sideline with his left knee wrapped.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
  • In the photos released this week, Lukashenko’s left hand is wrapped in a bandage.
    — Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
  • Tran placed his left hand on the top of the window and reached his right arm inside the vehicle.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 2 June 2023
  • The first victim, a 37-year-old male, suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm.
    — Jenna Smith, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2023
  • While dribbling nostalgic about the old days, Niebla tore the ACL in his left knee.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Lift right hand to touch left shoulder, then return right hand to ground.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
  • Chang has been out since April 25 after breaking a bone in his left hand.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Roughly four shots can be heard in the video, and the teen falls onto his left side, with the object on the ground nearby.
    — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2023
  • Step 2: Form a series of loose coils with the throw line from the slip knot on your wrist toward the net, then grip the coils with your left hand.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Toenails are for losers The rain picked up around mile 10, and so did the pain in my knees, my left heel, my hip flexors and more.
    — The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • Come to the starting position and repeat with your left arm and right leg.
    — Jennifer Cohen, Health, 3 Dec. 2023
  • And then when the Uber comes, the Uber is going to take Hae Sung and is going to drive him into the past, which is from right to left.
    — EW.com, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Take a step to the right, maintaining your posture, then bring your left foot to meet the right, then reverse.
    — Nicole Borgenicht, Health, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Sass mounted the client’s grandmother’s water skis (far left) to the wall as an art piece.
    — Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Never let your right hand know what your left hand is doing.
    — Cynthea Corfah, Essence, 10 July 2023
  • There are too many far left activists in the court for that expectation to hold true.
    — Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review, 19 Nov. 2023
  • Two of his toes on his left foot have been causing discomfort in his shoe.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • Lunsford drew his handgun and allegedly shot Eze once on the back left side of his head at point-blank range.
    — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Swanson, however, tore her left patella tendon in the game and is out for the World Cup.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 July 2023
  • The candles are added from right to left, but lit from left to right on the menorah, thus always starting with the newest light.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, any watch lover who saw the ensemble would have been blown away by the one-of-170 timepiece dangling from his left wrist.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
  • My dad had bullet holes in his chest, his shoulder, his rib cage, his right elbow, and his left thigh.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Biden and the hard left Democrats are demolishing his vision.
    — Andre Archie, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
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left

2 of 2 noun
  • We read from left to right.
  • You'll take two lefts and then a right.
  • He hit him with two quick lefts to the stomach followed by a right to the jaw.
  • For the record, the blue eye is on his right and the brown on his left.
    — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 30 July 2023
  • Once that’s done, select the profile icon on the top left of the page.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Pats had to punt again, and the Jets had a chance for a Hail Mary with one second left.
    — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Set the finger bowl to the top left of your dinner plate (near the bread plate).
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The Rams got into the bonus in the second half with 12:27 left; the Aztecs never did.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Swiping from left to right on the home screen scrolls through pages of apps.
    — PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Now, all that’s left of the sculpture is the base, the metal frame and a lot of plastic waste.
    — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And then there was the sunlight moving over the river to my left.
    — Devin Kelly, Longreads, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Do the two of you intend to keep making these big left turns in the future?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Hawkins picked up his third and fourth fouls within one minute and took a seat on the bench with 8:40 left in the game.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
  • There were only 33 made, so there’s only a few left in the world.
    — Hank Shteamer, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Valles Marineris canyons are seen at the lower left, along with craters.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 28 June 2023
  • The Bruins had an opening when Reese picked up her fourth foul with 8:16 left in the game and headed to the bench.
    — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • Their best players go down, there’s little left to fill the void.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2023
  • Walker’s other five field goals in the quarter tied the score or gave the Lakers the lead, the last for good with 1:53 left.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • The green button in the top left of your windows now has a new function in its drop-down menu.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 7 June 2023
  • And the mustache is all that’s left of what was the largest statue of Josef Stalin in Germany.
    — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Rea gave up a home run to Nick Castellanos to lead off the fourth on a drive into deep left that made it 3-1.
    — Journal Sentinel, 19 July 2023
  • Seated in the chair to my left was a junior guard from Marquette named Glenn Rivers.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023
  • Cruz, a Cuban boxer who had won the lightweight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, popped him with two more long lefts.
    — Morgan Campbell Todd Heisler, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • Shoe game Klein, a 23-year-old right-hander, wore a yellow right cleat and a blue one on his left.
    — Tim Booth and Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • There is the feeling of loneliness in light of the global left’s support of Hamas.
    — Ksenia Svetlova, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Built in the 1970s, West Wind is not only the last drive-in movie theater in the area — but one of the few left in California.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For the drivers, escape locations to get to the garage will be the driver’s left at Turn 2 and the driver’s left at Turn 12.
    — Kelly Crandall, USA TODAY, 29 June 2023
  • In the family photo, Jonas stood in the center, flanked by Chopra Jonas on his right and his mom on his left.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Dunbar had a chance to win the game at the line with two-tenths of a second left, but both free throws were missed sending the game to overtime.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The internist gripped the heart with his right hand while caressing its bottom with his left.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024

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