How to Use hands-on in a Sentence

hands-on

adjective

• Soups and stews don’t require a large amount of hands-on time.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
• Help care for the garden while getting hands-on lessons in mulching.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• How hands-on were Hit-Boy and Alchemist with you in that regard?
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
• Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman got the first hands-on look at the Quest 3 and reviewed the product over the weekend.
  — Nick Turner, Fortune, 1 June 2023
• Jurassic has a very hands-on, old-school way of thinking about things.
  — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
• Dales was the hands-on detail man who checked the contract language line by line.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
• Lab, a space that allows for hands-on culinary lessons.
  — David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
• Like his own dad was with him, Luke is excited to be a hands-on father.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
• The grip handle is great for saving hands-on heavier jobs.
  — Brittany Vincent, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
• Discovery and Iger of Disney — have taken a hands-on role over the last six weeks.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
• This easy-to-whip-up dessert also requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
• This easy-to-whip-up dessert also requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
• Bourne was known as a hands-on leader, who often worked nights and weekends.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
• The friends want readers to feel this kind of hands-on help in the pages of their new cookbook, which is available for pre-order now.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024
• This is the first time she’s been able to fully be hands-on with every aspect of the project, controlling what was and wasn’t shown.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 July 2024
• There's a live DJ, hands-on craft activities, local food and free swag bags to the first 100 shoppers through the door.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
• But to experience it hands-on was something to take in.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
• Turn to this berry pie recipe that can be yours with just six ingredients and 20 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2024
• This simple roasted recipe is delicious, and just takes a short amount of hands-on prep time.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• With only 5 minutes of hands-on time, this is the perfect salty-smoky recipe to wake up to on Christmas morning.
  — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
• An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker.
  — Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
• This area has many hands-on features for younger children and includes swings, slides and a lazy river made just for kids.
  — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 16 May 2023
• Mint, sweet tea, lemon, bourbon, and crushed ice make a pitcher-perfect drink that takes 10 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024
• Bring your gloves and pruners to a hands-on, no-charge pruning workshop with experts from the San Diego Rose Society.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Bidwill, who has taken a more hands-on approach to the football side of things, will have the final say on all matters.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2023
• These cookies require a few steps, but only 20 minutes of hands-on time.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
• Wilson has been a hands-on father for Future, which has been a wonderful thing to see.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
• About 200 fans got word of Wilson’s hands-on approach to tour promotion and showed up to make purchases and chat with the artist.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• Most of these demos had already been showcased at various industry conferences before, like Computex, but this was my first time getting hands-on with them.
  — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
• Her zeal for fashion was even hands-on during runway shows — although that tactile approach was always done with impeccable manners that were no doubt gleaned during her schoolgirl years at the prestigious Miss Porter’s School.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Jan 2025