How to Use manhandle in a Sentence

manhandle

verb

• He was manhandling the boy.
• He says he was manhandled by the police.
• They manhandled the heavy boxes onto the truck.
• She manhandled the posts into place.
• Then the Chiefs manhandled the Vikings in the Super Bowl the next year.
  — Barry Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2019
• But that shouldn’t give you the go-ahead to manhandle your strands on wash day.
  — Lily Moe, Health, 7 Feb. 2024
• On the flip side, Ben Davis manhandled Avon 52-20 in the second week of the season.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2017
• They were manhandled in their first Big Ten game, pushed around.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 14 Sep. 2024
• The Colts have a fine offensive line, but the defense was manhandled.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2019
• The Chiefs were manhandled up front by the Colts, who ran the ball at will while holding the Kansas City offense to 36 yards rushing.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
• And what about those young black girls who were manhandled by police at a Texas pool party?
  — Dahleen Glanton, chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2018
• That was one of the few good signs in the 68-65 win over the last-place Bulls, as UConn was manhandled on the boards most of the night by a team that did not have a good rebounding track record.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 10 Feb. 2018
• Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 7 July 2024
• In the same game, Wanogho helped spring a near 80-yard touchdown by manhandling his assignment.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2020
• So very sad to read about the way blind, black student Ebenezer Azamati was manhandled by @OxfordUnion.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2019
• The white supremacists may be crazy but not the kind of crazy as to welcome being manhandled by a mob 40 times their size.
  — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 Dec. 2017
• Skule got manhandled in training camp but fared better of late.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2019
• A little less than a month ago, Reservoir manhandled River Hill and picked apart Mann, who took the loss in an 8-1 defeat.
  — Howard County Times, 17 May 2017
• That should be a lesson running through this franchise from a decade ago to last week’s manhandling in Cleveland.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2019
• Weekends are the worst time to shop, as the crush of customers quickly pick over, manhandling all the way, each and every bin in the veggie department.
  — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
• The Frogs advanced by manhandling Lamar inside, outscoring the Cardinals 40-8 in the paint.
  — John Henry, star-telegram, 16 Mar. 2018
• Where the whole thing is a contraption to be bent to your will, to be cajoled and manhandled into doing your bidding.
  — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
• A chance encounter with a serving woman being manhandled by a pair of rogues sets him off on his road trip to London.
  — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2017
• Their lone loss was to Springfield, whom Moeller manhandled 65-44 Wednesday.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• The first two were over the weakling Giants and Redskins, but manhandling the contending Raiders should make folks take notice.
  — Barry Wilner, chicagotribune.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• The 49ers manhandled Green Bay in every way imaginable, led by the unstoppable Raheem Mostert, the fastest surfer on earth.
  — Al Saracevic, SFChronicle.com, 20 Jan. 2020
• The way they were manhandled last week at home should give bettors pause, especially if the line goes over seven.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Sep. 2019
• For almost half of the show’s 90 minutes, Durand stands upright and stone-still in a coffin, his body manhandled and danced around, posed and prodded, leered at and leaned on.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
• The Jaguars were whistled for a number of false start penalties, but did not get routinely manhandled by the defensive line as has been the case for much of camp.
  — Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 11 Aug. 2017
• But Covenant wants to roughly manhandle those heady topics.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 15 May 2017

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025