How to Use hands-on in a Sentence
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Soups and stews don’t require a large amount of hands-on time.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
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Help care for the garden while getting hands-on lessons in mulching.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
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How hands-on were Hit-Boy and Alchemist with you in that regard?
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024
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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
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Jurassic has a very hands-on, old-school way of thinking about things.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
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Dales was the hands-on detail man who checked the contract language line by line.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
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Lab, a space that allows for hands-on culinary lessons.
—David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
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Like his own dad was with him, Luke is excited to be a hands-on father.
—Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024
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The grip handle is great for saving hands-on heavier jobs.
—Brittany Vincent, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023
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Discovery and Iger of Disney — have taken a hands-on role over the last six weeks.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023
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This easy-to-whip-up dessert also requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
—Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
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This easy-to-whip-up dessert also requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
—Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024
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Bourne was known as a hands-on leader, who often worked nights and weekends.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024
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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
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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
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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
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But to experience it hands-on was something to take in.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024
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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
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This simple roasted recipe is delicious, and just takes a short amount of hands-on prep time.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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These cookies require a few steps, but only 20 minutes of hands-on time.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023
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Wilson has been a hands-on father for Future, which has been a wonderful thing to see.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023
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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
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The show features hands-on demonstrations, hundreds of home-improvement products and services exhibitors, plant sales and face-to-face consultations with experts and shopping.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
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For example, use a science or math workbook to introduce your kid to the basics, and follow up with a hands-on experiment, like building a volcano or terrarium together.
—Fiona Tapp, Parents, 3 Feb. 2025
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