How do you use Handcart in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like pushcart or cart, plus the exact meaning.
Handcart meaning
A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
Using Handcart
- The main meaning on this page is: A cart designed to be pulled or pushed by hand (as opposed to with a beast of burden.)
- Useful related words include: pushcart, cart, go-cart, wheeled vehicle.
- In the example corpus, handcart often appears in combinations such as: on handcart, in handcart.
Context around Handcart
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Handcart
- In this selection, "handcart" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mormon, puller, down and companies stand out and add context to how "handcart" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in a handcart and away a handcart and a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "handcart" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with handcart
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Migrant labourers sit on a handcart as they wait for work at a wholesale market. (15 words)
Finally something to take our minds off the fact the world is going to hell in a handcart. (18 words)
Pioneer era A statue commemorating the Mormon handcart pioneers For two years after Smith's death, conflicts escalated between Mormons and other Illinois residents. (24 words)
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Hanumanganj police have laid their hands on a man who stabbed a handcart puller in the locality on Sunday noon, while an accomplice of the arrested accused is still at large, the police said on Monday. (40 words)
Officers stopped 48-year old James E. Havens in the 300 block of East State Street just before 1 o’clock this morning who, according to police officials, was driving a handcart down the street with a headstone in it. (40 words)
Many low-lying localities were inundated including Lalbagh, Bada Bazaar, Purani Sabzi Mandi, Kushalpura, Madar Bad etc, Water flowing through the roads also washed away a handcart and a bike. (30 words)
Example sentences (9)
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Hanumanganj police have laid their hands on a man who stabbed a handcart puller in the locality on Sunday noon, while an accomplice of the arrested accused is still at large, the police said on Monday.
Officers stopped 48-year old James E. Havens in the 300 block of East State Street just before 1 o’clock this morning who, according to police officials, was driving a handcart down the street with a headstone in it.
In a shocking incident, the body of a youth, who died of Covid-19 at his home, was carried on a handcart for cremation in Khanapur village of Pune.
Migrant labourers sit on a handcart as they wait for work at a wholesale market.
Many low-lying localities were inundated including Lalbagh, Bada Bazaar, Purani Sabzi Mandi, Kushalpura, Madar Bad etc, Water flowing through the roads also washed away a handcart and a bike.
The latest colourful wedding that has caught the attention of many social media users is one in which the groom was wheeled to the venue in a handcart.
Finally something to take our minds off the fact the world is going to hell in a handcart.
Also shown are a portion of the route followed by the Mormon Battalion and the path followed by the handcart companies to the Mormon Trail.
Pioneer era A statue commemorating the Mormon handcart pioneers For two years after Smith's death, conflicts escalated between Mormons and other Illinois residents.
Common combinations with handcart
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- on handcart 3×
- in handcart 2×