How to Use free hand in a Sentence

free hand

noun
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  • The pair smiled as David held a bottle of champagne to celebrate in his free hand.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Use your free hand to prevent the crumbs from spilling over the edge.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2021
  • The cowboy’s free hand may not come in contact with the horse.
    — Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • In the video, Thomas is holding a baton in his free hand.
    — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 8 May 2018
  • Drivers need a free hand for the 8-inch touchscreen, of course.
    — Staff and News Service Reports, The Mercury News, 20 July 2019
  • Oh, Jeffrey Toobin — let him among us with a free hand cast the first stone.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 20 Oct. 2020
  • The women clasp hands; the man has placed his free hand on the shoulder of the woman in the middle.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Iran's longtime goal has been to force the U.S. out, giving it a freer hand there.
    — Robert Burns, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The tin must be wiped around with your free hand, with any excess tipped or wiped off.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2020
  • My phone fit just right in the slot for easy access, giving me a free hand.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 24 May 2022
  • Being able to push away would-be tacklers with a free hand has long been part of the game.
    — oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2020
  • His free hand was on my thigh, then, pushing up my skirt.
    — Amy Hatvany, Seventeen, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Not being able to have free hands to use the toilet paper?
    — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 20 June 2018
  • When cutting with one hand, keep your free hand at least four inches from the blade.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Hold the potato steady with your free hand or stab a fork into one end, and peel away from your body.
    — Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2023
  • With the heel of your free hand, give five quick, forceful blows to the baby’s back between the shoulder blades.
    — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023
  • Failure to stay on for at least eight seconds or use of the free hand results in a no-score ride.
    — Tess Demeyer, Dallas News, 2 Dec. 2020
  • The band gave him a free hand to come up with some suitably fresh cover art concepts.
    — Dorian Lynskey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Oh, yes, there was a lot of work to do, and Alosi got a relatively free hand to do it his way.
    — Dom Amore, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • With your free hand, pull the elastic string over your head and tighten as needed.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The officer at the desk was eating a yogurt and put the spoon into the cup to take the money with his free hand.
    — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Think of this more like a hands-free hand mixer than a proper stand mixer.
    — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Mary, wearing a white blazer and skirt, clutched a tissue with her free hand.
    — Mcclain Baxley, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Nov. 2020
  • The officer pointing the gun uses his free hand to grab Blake by his T-shirt.
    — James E. Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The point of his bill would be to give Virginia a free hand to test and study the effect of running heavier trucks on the state’s highways.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Hun Sen thus finds himself with a freer hand to clamp down on critics just as the ground changes beneath his feet.
    — Douglas Gillison, Time, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Send a friend a luxe hand care kit complete with rinse-free hand wash and hand balm to keep their skin from getting too dry.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2021
  • My free hand clutches rope while the other grips my camera.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2016
  • Continue to push the roll forward over the clean margin and, with a free hand, place the parchment paper back on top of the roll.
    — Nancy Stohs, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2019
  • O’Connor would join on the other side of her husband and take his free hand, the three of them sitting together.
    — New York Times, 12 Jan. 2022

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