Wondering how to use Lefty in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as southpaw or hurler.
Lefty in a sentence
Lefty meaning
- One who is left-handed.
- One who has left-wing political views.
- One's left testicle.
Synonyms of Lefty
Using Lefty
- The main meaning on this page is: One who is left-handed. | One who has left-wing political views. | One's left testicle.
- Useful related words include: left-hander, southpaw, hurler, pitcher.
- In the example corpus, lefty often appears in combinations such as: the lefty, and lefty, of lefty.
Context around Lefty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lefty
- In this selection, "lefty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, came, anderson, himself, ryan, colin and snell stand out and add context to how "lefty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adds another lefty to a and and a lefty definitely help. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lefty" sits close to words such as aiken, bitterly and blazer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lefty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I’m popping the silky lefty right now. (8 words)
He has yet to throw it to a lefty. (9 words)
Lefty folk are now afraid to say anything because of those further left. (13 words)
Manager Aaron Boone could have turned to Jake Bauers or Billy McKinney, lefty bats to counter the righty reliever, but he stuck with a contact hitter who clearly was seeing the ball well. (33 words)
If you’re facing more lower-quality hitters in more favorable lefty-righty matchups, of course you’re going to be more successful, and for Pivetta the numbers bear it out. (31 words)
Lucchesi followed lefty Jose Quintana’s superb start from Thursday by firing 5 ²/₃ scoreless innings, in which he allowed four hits and two walks and struck out five. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
First it was Castillo, then came lefty Ryan Yarborough, righty Nick Anderson, lefty Colin Poche, righty Emilio Pagan and lefty Snell.
The lefty slugger came off the bench in three of the first five games this season, as the Pirates faced a steady string of lefty pitchers.
They gave themselves stage names; Orbison chose his from his musical hero, calling himself "Lefty Wilbury" after Lefty Frizzell.
Being 6’8” and a lefty definitely help me a ton as a pitcher.
Both have the same agent, and Mickelson took him under his wing during Steele’s rookie season in 2013, involving him in some of Lefty’s money games.
But they DID learn "Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey" - key intelligence for opening anything screwed together.
Cordero hasn’t been an everyday player with the Yankees, but the lefty swinger has made his presence felt when in the lineup.
Coulombe, who has not yet reported to the team, adds another lefty to a bullpen mix already with Cionel Pérez and Keegan Akin.
For this, the G-men relied on the thoroughly discredited Southern Poverty Law Center, an outfit that raises big bucks by flogging lefty hysteria.
Garrett is left-handed and the Braves hitters will be licking their lips to face a lefty.
He has yet to throw it to a lefty.
He is from the same California town (Vallejo) as CC Sabathia and said he has known the big lefty a long time.
If you’re facing more lower-quality hitters in more favorable lefty-righty matchups, of course you’re going to be more successful, and for Pivetta the numbers bear it out.
I’m popping the silky lefty right now.
Lefty folk are now afraid to say anything because of those further left.
Lefty Rich Hill is expected to start against Atlanta’s Spencer Strider when the Pirates visit the Braves at 1:05 p.m. Sunday in North Port.
Lefty Shota Imanaga will start on the mound for Japan with MLB All-Stars Yu Darvish and Shohei Ohtani available in relief.
Lucchesi followed lefty Jose Quintana’s superb start from Thursday by firing 5 ²/₃ scoreless innings, in which he allowed four hits and two walks and struck out five.
Manager Aaron Boone could have turned to Jake Bauers or Billy McKinney, lefty bats to counter the righty reliever, but he stuck with a contact hitter who clearly was seeing the ball well.
Rangers lefty Jordan Montgomery has been excellent since a midseason trade from St. Louis.
Common combinations with lefty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the lefty 31×
- and lefty 10×
- of lefty 8×
- as lefty 7×
- lefty swinger 5×
- big lefty 5×
- for lefty 5×
- lefty who 4×
- -year-old lefty 4×
- lefty to 3×