How do you use Backhanded in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like backhand or forehand, plus the exact meaning.
Backhanded in a sentence
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Backhanded meaning
- With the back of the hand.
- Involving a backward flip of the hand.
- Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
Using Backhanded
- The main meaning on this page is: With the back of the hand. | Involving a backward flip of the hand. | Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
- Useful related words include: backhand, forehand, indirect.
- In the example corpus, backhanded often appears in combinations such as: backhanded compliment, backhanded compliments, the backhanded.
Context around Backhanded
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backhanded
- In this selection, "backhanded" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chapman, undertones, strome, compliment, compliments and cross stand out and add context to how "backhanded" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit backhanded and a quick backhanded swipe around. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backhanded" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backhanded
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hays hit a two-hopper that Chapman backhanded and fired home. (11 words)
Sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I promise: It’s all compliment. (12 words)
The backhanded inference in this two-pronged Coloradan cliche is that Vail has superior skiing. (15 words)
Nick Rheaume staked UMass Lowell to a 1-0 lead just 1:48 into the game with a wrist shot from the right circle, but Ben Poisson tied it up with UMaine’s third shorthanded goal in its last four games as he backhanded home his own rebound. (48 words)
But it does seem, in a way, that the term “virtue signalling” is a backhanded compliment, because it’s essentially saying there is some virtue to it, or that it acknowledges an awareness of racism or misogyny or a history of discrimination. (42 words)
Eventually, though, the board relented—thanks in part to a backhanded assist from an independent investment banker, who testified that the notion of some sort of planned-out scheme by Trump gave him too much credit. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bedard did have a pair of assists Sunday, including when his backhanded, cross-ice pass through the slot found defenseman Connor Murphy to cut the Hawks’ deficit to 4-2 with 1:42 left.
Hays hit a two-hopper that Chapman backhanded and fired home.
Holdouts remain, but the model of an unreasonable partner long ago shifted toward withering judgment and backhanded remarks.
Sounds like a backhanded compliment, but I promise: It’s all compliment.
The former Red Wing provided a pair of assists in his playoff debut, beginning with his backhanded helper on Pastrnak’s tally.
The series is peppered with well-meaning white people making unsolicited remarks with racial undertones: backhanded compliments about hair, food, film choices, eloquence and professionalism.
Claiming a rimmed puck on the Penguins’ end boards, Strome backhanded it off the left side of the cage.
It was an active shift for the 20-year-old, who had a shot blocked by one of his own teammates before scoring with a quick backhanded swipe around Dahlin in the slot.
Nick Rheaume staked UMass Lowell to a 1-0 lead just 1:48 into the game with a wrist shot from the right circle, but Ben Poisson tied it up with UMaine’s third shorthanded goal in its last four games as he backhanded home his own rebound.
The 78-year-old incoming president posted the backhanded well wishes to Truth Social at nearly 1 a.m. Thursday.
The backhanded inference in this two-pronged Coloradan cliche is that Vail has superior skiing.
This may sound like a bit of a backhanded compliment, and it can certainly be taken that way.
But the Californian bounced back in the following face-offs, highlighting the “youth and inexperience” of Mondale in a backhanded joke, and won the vote.
James Neal swooped in, stole it and backhanded it into the empty net for a 5-3 lead.
On the other hand, such backhanded compliments are a consequence of the premature celebration of India’s rise by a self-congratulatory elite.
Unsurprisingly, FNC’s Dana Perino praised the opening night of the RNC coming off the Democrats’ widely acclaimed “unconventional convention” last week, though the compliment was a bit backhanded.
But it does seem, in a way, that the term “virtue signalling” is a backhanded compliment, because it’s essentially saying there is some virtue to it, or that it acknowledges an awareness of racism or misogyny or a history of discrimination.
Eventually, though, the board relented—thanks in part to a backhanded assist from an independent investment banker, who testified that the notion of some sort of planned-out scheme by Trump gave him too much credit.
Goldlink just wrote the most backhanded letter to Mac Miller and it's just tasteless to share it with the public.
Hoerner made a backhanded grab of Nick Martini’s shot in the first for his first assist, and made another nice play on Wil Myers’ grounder in the second.
Common combinations with backhanded
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- backhanded compliment 6×
- backhanded compliments 3×
- the backhanded 3×
- his backhanded 2×
- and backhanded 2×
- like backhanded 2×
- backhanded it 2×
- in backhanded 2×
- backhanded shot 2×
- with backhanded 2×