How to Use handbook in a Sentence

handbook

noun
  • Nevaeh had pulled a bait-and-switch straight out of the teenage handbook.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 June 2023
  • Strong gave the Big Ten ten days to turn over the handbook and vote tally.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020
  • And then gave an answer straight out of the Jay Wright handbook.
    Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
  • What is the Hot List if not a handbook for giving the gift of travel?
    Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2024
  • This should be more than a handbook and a brief overview.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Yeah, the sad sentence in the handbook’s first chapter.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Since the beginning of the year, nearly 60% of the handbook has been reworked.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Many schools provide hard copies of the handbook to students at the beginning of the school year.
    Lisa Linnell-Olsen, Parents, 10 July 2024
  • Arms said that there's no handbook for making the courts because of how few there are.
    Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022
  • Brazel said she’d never been shown the handbook or asked to sign anything like it.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2020
  • Think of this as a handbook for any group of friends who aspire to be just like the iconic Golden Girls.
    Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The rule is written in the student handbook but rarely enforced.
    Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2024
  • There’s no handbook on how to move forward from a moment like this one.
    Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The volume comes in soft cover, stocked like a trusty handbook with how-to pictures.
    Kate Krader, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Although there would have been room in the kit, there isn’t a dog first aid handbook included.
    Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
  • That's why this classic handbook is a great gift for knitters.
    Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 8 Nov. 2022
  • While Trump has distanced himself from the handbook, Project 2025 has ties to Trump and his campaign.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Take a page out of the Princess's stylish handbook and make this your pick for the upcoming wedding on your agenda.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Haim are no strangers to flipping the script in the music industry handbook.
    Aly Comingore, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • The handbook urges Ukrainians to block roads with anything available, from dump trucks to trash, and never to sit around.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022
  • The church welfare handbook was rewritten in 1990, when Benson was in frail health.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The captain takes the quick reference handbook, hands it over to the first officer.
    Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Hatfield hopes the handbook will serve as a guide in a time of crisis for such families.
    Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020
  • Mack has a handbook to help train the volunteer chaplains.
    Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • In July, Porter told the board that the athletic handbook was updated this year for the first time since 2017.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022
  • There's no real handbook no how to be an author — how to exist in that space.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The scene is straight out of Boots Riley’s madcap moviemaking handbook.
    WIRED, 22 June 2023
  • This handbook covers all the basics from making pie dough from scratch and how to store it for later use.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023
  • No handbook that walked you through your rogues’ gallery or gave you Spider-Man’s cell-phone number.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Maybe that’s another lesson for the Halloween handbook.
    Alexandra Willingham, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024

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