On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Overhand. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as overarm or underhand and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Overhand in a sentence
Overhand meaning
- Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders.
- Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together.
- With the working part on top of the standing part.
Using Overhand
- The main meaning on this page is: Executed with the hand brought forward and down from above the shoulders. | Sewn with close, vertical stitches that draw the edges of a seam together. | With the working part on top of the standing part.
- Useful related words include: overhanded, overarm, round-arm, underhand.
- In the example corpus, overhand often appears in combinations such as: an overhand, the overhand, overhand knot.
Context around Overhand
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overhand
- In this selection, "overhand" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, slipped, big, pentagonal, knot, loop and chops stand out and add context to how "overhand" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a dangerous overhand right and a double overhand chest chop. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overhand" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overhand
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Overhand chop to Claudio against the barricade, but Claudio fights back. (11 words)
Tag to Claudio, who gets some overhand chops to his chest. (11 words)
The overhand of power in these communities is coming to light. (11 words)
A hagfish can remove the excess slime, which can suffocate it in a matter of minutes, by tying its own body into an overhand knot, then sliding the knot from its head down to the tail. (36 words)
Overhand knot in paper-folding Pentagonal overhand knot tied in flat material If a flat ribbon or strip is tightly folded into a flattened overhand knot, it assumes a regular pentagonal shape. (32 words)
Chisora started the contest at a vicious pace, targeting Price with heaving body shots while looking to land the big overhand right that has finished so many of of his past opponents. (32 words)
Balor turns around right into Vega, and Vega with the overhand chops! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
Overhand knot in paper-folding Pentagonal overhand knot tied in flat material If a flat ribbon or strip is tightly folded into a flattened overhand knot, it assumes a regular pentagonal shape.
Slipped overhand loop The loop formed in this version is a simple Slipped Overhand Loop or a variation using multiple turns of rope to form the eye of the loop.
Tying Tying an overhand knot There are a number of ways to tie the Overhand knot.
Balor turns around right into Vega, and Vega with the overhand chops!
Big overhand right from Parker and Wilder finally starts to let the punches go.
Gorimbo throws the overhand and lands more with the wrist and forearm, but that’s more than enough to still do damage and it floors Rodriguez.
Overhand chop to Claudio against the barricade, but Claudio fights back.
Tag to Claudio, who gets some overhand chops to his chest.
The British rivals locked horns in a dramatic opening round that ended with Joshua being saved by the bell after he was floored by a savage overhand right.
A graduate of the Dana White Contender Series, Paiva dropped his first two UFC flyweight fights, but an overhand right forced the stoppage at the 4:42 mark.
The overhand of power in these communities is coming to light.
Chisora started the contest at a vicious pace, targeting Price with heaving body shots while looking to land the big overhand right that has finished so many of of his past opponents.
He was arguably losing the frame before he dropped Derevyanchenko with an uppercut and then an overhand right.
He sets traps, moves well and targets the body in close range to make opponents drop their hands so that he can duck inside and throw a dangerous overhand right.
The matches against Webster (available via ) feature one of my favorite parts of Lee’s arsenal, a double-overhand chest chop.
Vargas, a veteran of almost 50 pro fights, rushed out of his corner and threw a wild overhand right that missed, from that point on it was all Garcia.
Accordingly, Reiter began working on an overhand spiral pass. Reiter recalled trying to imitate the motion of a baseball catcher throwing to second base.
A hagfish can remove the excess slime, which can suffocate it in a matter of minutes, by tying its own body into an overhand knot, then sliding the knot from its head down to the tail.
As with a set or an overhand pass, the setter/passer must be careful to touch the ball with both hands at the same time.
As with passing, one may distinguish between an overhand and a bump set.
Common combinations with overhand
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: