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Examples of left-hand in a Sentence
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Limit vehicle idling by avoiding drive-thrus and excessive idling caused by long wait times making left-hand turns.
—Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
Omaha goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu — who otherwise had a good night — got caught cheating to his left-hand side by Pulido (and Tzionis, for that matter).
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2024
Making a left-hand turn on Ford Road in Canton can be a dicey proposition, but a plan to turn a busy section of the roadway near Interstate 275 into a boulevard aims to change that by doing away with those types of turns.
—Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024
Alexander was attempting to make a left-hand turn to head southbound on Servite Drive from Brown Deer Road, when Margary-Ramos entered the intersection eastbound and crashed into Alexander, the complaint states.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
Your left-hand opponent doesn’t have many hearts and probably not many spades.
—Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
Table-top bicycle legs With your legs in a table-top position, straighten one leg, then the other, 20 times.
Side leg circles
Lying on your left-hand side and keeping the legs relatively straight, circle your right leg 20 times.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024
Where does your interest in Japanese culture stem from?
From a funny kind of left-hand turn in my life.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Using scissors, cut seven to 10 small slits on the bottom left-hand half of the card.
—Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Time Traveler
The first known use of left-hand was
in the 15th century
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Cite this Entry
“Left-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left-hand. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
left-hand
adjectiveˌleft-ˌhand
1
: located on the left
2
Medical Definition
left-hand
1 of 2 adjective1
: situated on the left
2
left hand
2 of 2 noun1
: the hand on a person's left side
2
: the left side
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