How to Use left-handed in a Sentence

left-handed

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  • Ruiz had led off four times in the A’s first 15 games, all against left-handed starters.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The 5-foot-8, left-handed guard has walked onto the floor as a starter the past three seasons.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The amino acids that make up proteins are all left-handed.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And in the last three seasons, it was used more than half the time against left-handed batters.
    — Francesca Paris, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • The pitch breaks down and away to a left-handed batter while boring in on the hands of a right-hander.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Strawberry can’t tell you much about the Mets’ left-handed bats off the bench.
    — Michael Bamberger, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That was sandwiched by two buckets — a left-handed layup and an off-the-bounce trey.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • That just shows you how much power that guy has to be able to hit the ball out of that part of the ballpark left-handed.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Snell, 31, has been one of the top left-handed pitchers in the game during his nine-year career.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The 30-year-old left-handed pitcher hadn’t struggled much in the first month of his Texas tenure.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • At the plate, the Marlins once again struggled against a left-handed pitcher.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Jones and Benson are both tall left-handed hitters who have swing-and-miss in their game.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Keep in Mind These are not bypass shears, which are harder to find in left-handed grips.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • Hield’s fifth assist of the game was a left-handed swing to Curry on the wing for another triple.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Mets then brought in left-hander Jake Diekman to face a left-handed hitter for a one-out save.
    — Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2024
  • Then think about how Padres batters see left-handed starters.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024
  • Batting left-handed again, the switch-hitter capped the day by going the other way with a two-run home run to left field in the ninth.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Muller didn’t get a chance face the Dodgers’ newest big left-handed bat, Shohei Ohtani, who has yet to make his spring debut.
    — Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Hermesch, who relieved left-handed starter Ben Arn, took the loss.
    — Skip Vaughn, al, 5 May 2023
  • De La Cruz is playing in a home park that is one of the best in the majors for hitters, left-handed or right-handed.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • Proteins, by contrast, are made up of left-handed amino acids.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The only left-handed bat on the team who can play all over the infield, Turang will see his name in the lineup plenty.
    — Journal Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Both of his parents went to great lengths to protect the right-handed first baseman’s unique left-handed swing.
    — Emily Blackwood, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
  • He was known more as a speedy forward with a penchant to score goals, rather than a left-handed pitcher who could touch 90 mph.
    — Drew Davison -, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With an eye on the short porch in right, that production likely comes from a left-handed hitter.
    — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Ohtani, a left-handed hitter, is six feet four and moves with uncommon grace.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Rangers have left-handed starters for Monday and Tuesday, plus four left-handed relievers in the bullpen.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2023
  • Senior Brooke Gray, the Bruins’ star left-handed pitcher, did not play.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2023
  • Last year’s attempt to use Jason Heyward for some left-handed balance fell flat.
    — Tim Britton, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The left-handed hitter has a career batting average of .323.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025

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