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Noun
Draper gestured for volume at 4-4 in the breaker and found an astonishing backhand ripper to set up match point.—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 Svitolina, who had anticipated that kind of ball, knifed away a backhand winner to keep herself alive.—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025
Adjective
The Winterhawks don’t get back as a give-and-go between Korchinski and Schaefer in the neutral zone creates a 2-on-1, and Korchinski quickly makes a backhand feed to Crnkovic in front.—Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 26 Nov. 2022 Dalton, who has four game-winning goals this season, beat Quinnipiac goalie Logan Angers with a backhand shot 11:42, then Emma Seitz scores from point-blank range from in front of the right circle at 16:21.—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2023
Adverb
Radulov showed backhand before pulling it to his forehand and slipping the puck past Linus Ullmark.—Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2022 When one last backhand by Nadal found the net, Tiafoe put his hands on his head.—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
Verb
But Barkov pulled the puck back forward and under his left skate and smoothly backhanded it into the net at 7:43 of the second to tie it at 1-1.—Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 May 2025 The next batter, Chapman, sent a 110 mph grounder down the line that Iglesias backhanded while sliding, then got up and threw to first.—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for backhand
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