How to Use handicap in a Sentence

handicap

1 of 2 noun
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  • His shyness was a handicap in his job.
  • She's been practicing a lot and her handicap has gone down from 18 to 12.
  • Biden’s age is less of a handicap than in a normal year.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 2 May 2017
  • Taking the fight to Trump would come at a price—and not just for Obama’s golf handicap.
    — Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic, 9 May 2017
  • The noises, which were gunshots, were getting louder, so the three of us rushed into a bathroom with a crowd of people and hid in the handicap stall.
    — Patience Carter, Teen Vogue, 11 June 2017
  • There also will be 11 standard and two handicap slots along Barrington Avenue in front of the building.
    — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 9 June 2017
  • Another surveillance image show a second silver car parked across several handicap spots in the lot, with one of the suspects standing in the open driver's side door.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 30 May 2017
  • The young children who lived on the farm fell in love with the handicap rooster and convinced their parents to send him to Sali's Farm: an organization where children that have been victims of abuse get to spend time with therapy animals.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 27 Jan. 2017
  • Obama could drop off the political grid, and stick to writing his memoirs, charitable work, and improving his golf handicap.
    — Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic, 9 May 2017
  • While construction is going on, handicap parking spaces have been temporarily relocated from the parking lot to fourth floor of the parking garage.
    — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The facility is designed to have multiple ticket stations, handicap seating, a concession area and arcade.
    — William Thornton Wthornton@al.com, AL.com, 20 June 2017
  • Road barricades and traffic cones are greeting visitors to the Porter County Administration Building and they are being directed to take the handicap accessible ramp to the building entrance.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2017
  • What may have begun as a cynical cash grab for an underserved demographic has somehow morphed into a a great night out at the movies, despite the franchise’s seeming handicap of there being practically no plot whatsoever.
    — Jordan Hoffman, VanityFair.com, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Imagine the confidence that's essential to career success becoming a handicap.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2017
  • Sometimes facilities aren’t handicap accessible for her children with physical challenges.
    — Joe Habina, charlotteobserver, 21 May 2017
  • His shyness was a handicap in his job.
  • She's been practicing a lot and her handicap has gone down from 18 to 12.
  • Biden’s age is less of a handicap than in a normal year.
    — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 2 May 2017
  • Taking the fight to Trump would come at a price—and not just for Obama’s golf handicap.
    — Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic, 9 May 2017
  • The noises, which were gunshots, were getting louder, so the three of us rushed into a bathroom with a crowd of people and hid in the handicap stall.
    — Patience Carter, Teen Vogue, 11 June 2017
  • There also will be 11 standard and two handicap slots along Barrington Avenue in front of the building.
    — Erin Sauder, Elgin Courier-News, 9 June 2017
  • Another surveillance image show a second silver car parked across several handicap spots in the lot, with one of the suspects standing in the open driver's side door.
    — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 30 May 2017
  • The young children who lived on the farm fell in love with the handicap rooster and convinced their parents to send him to Sali's Farm: an organization where children that have been victims of abuse get to spend time with therapy animals.
    — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 27 Jan. 2017
  • Obama could drop off the political grid, and stick to writing his memoirs, charitable work, and improving his golf handicap.
    — Dominic Tierney, The Atlantic, 9 May 2017
  • While construction is going on, handicap parking spaces have been temporarily relocated from the parking lot to fourth floor of the parking garage.
    — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • The facility is designed to have multiple ticket stations, handicap seating, a concession area and arcade.
    — William Thornton Wthornton@al.com, AL.com, 20 June 2017
  • Road barricades and traffic cones are greeting visitors to the Porter County Administration Building and they are being directed to take the handicap accessible ramp to the building entrance.
    — Amy Lavalley, Post-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2017
  • What may have begun as a cynical cash grab for an underserved demographic has somehow morphed into a a great night out at the movies, despite the franchise’s seeming handicap of there being practically no plot whatsoever.
    — Jordan Hoffman, VanityFair.com, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Imagine the confidence that's essential to career success becoming a handicap.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, chicagotribune.com, 6 May 2017
  • Sometimes facilities aren’t handicap accessible for her children with physical challenges.
    — Joe Habina, charlotteobserver, 21 May 2017
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handicap

2 of 2 verb
  • It's very hard to handicap the election at this point.
  • The blow to the back of Belue's head handicapped her during the attack.
    — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 13 Sep. 2019
  • He’s gone back to Charlie for the Belmont, a fact not lost on those who will try and handicap the race.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021
  • To make matters worse, the slow-working Jansen could be handicapped by the advent of the pitch clock.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Yet the results of the last two weeks have caused chaos for anyone trying to handicap the playoff field.
    — New York Times, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Memorial Day is nigh, and there’s no time like the present to begin handicapping the race for song of the summer, 2018.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 17 May 2018
  • While standing guard to make sure none of the contestants are stolen, the farmers handicap the top five just by looking at and tapping the gourds.
    — Sam Whiting, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • But Mage was not in the first sentence of many conversations handicapping the first jewel of the Triple Crown.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2023
  • Teams these days will move three players to the right side of the infield to handicap left-handed hitters like Votto.
    — Sridhar Pappu, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Bowlsby refused to handicap how any vote on the season might go.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The government was handicapped for a time by lack of high-speed craft and men to man them, but this deficiency has now been met.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
  • He was handicapped by (LSU) trying to mass-protect him.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2020
  • So, with that, here’s his latest advice on things to look at when handicapping.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Bottom-feeder bowls are tricky to handicap in the best of circumstances.
    — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The old way of handicapping best picture was to narrow the field down to the biggest movies and then, of the biggest, to figure out which was the stupidest, and that was the winner.
    — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Both would have to go on the 40-man roster, which starts to make other candidates who are not on the 40-man trickier to handicap.
    — Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • To create a level playing field and give E15 a better chance, the Corn Belt leaders are trying to handicap sales of E10.
    — Jennifer A. Dlouhy and Chunzi Xu, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Jan. 2023
  • That meant a long wait, trying not to handicap the odds as other competitors took the stage, trying not to lose focus on their own game.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Finally, at its core, the Bubble Watch is about handicapping the race for the final X number of spots left for Y number of teams.
    — Michael Beller, SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • For those handicapping the MLS expansion race, Detroit now takes a step back.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • That kind of transparency could handicap the giants that hold sway in the corporate bond market.
    — Bloomberg.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Beyond those six, the numbers get a little harder to handicap.
    — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2019
  • While the Orioles are preparing for it, Showalter wouldn’t handicap the likelihood of adding free-agent starters.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Our handicapping teacher, Rob Henie, was bothered by the comments of some of the pundits.
    — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 21 May 2018
  • The status quo will handicap our daughters for centuries.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 19 Nov. 2019
  • For an extra $20, Pete will handicap for you today’s 6th race at Del Mar, then come to your house to pitch Wiffleballs to your grandkids.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 June 2018
  • In the same token, President Trump is slightly handicapped as well.
    — Siraj Hashmi, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2020
  • This is not an exhaustive list, but rather an attempt to handicap several tiers of the field from which Indiana will hope to hire its next head coach.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The building is handicapped accessible and admission to the event is free and open to the general public.
    — Courant Community, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Directed and co-written by Ryan, the trailer looks cute enough, although slightly handicapped by the fact that the movie looks to take place entirely in an airport.
    — Dan Heching, CNN, 4 Sep. 2023

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