Below you will find example sentences with "left hand". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Left Hand in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: hand
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 20
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.9 words

Words in this phrase

left hand

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • left can mean: Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most hum... Common word
  • hand can mean: The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

as the left hand of your 1× by the left hand and the 1× chopsticks the left hand holds the 1× dewit left hand korean hand 1× fingerings the left hand regulates the 1× fingers of left hand open 1× following the left hand rule placing 1× gave his left hand during the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

blankenship has several 1× dewit left hand 1× for right handed 1× his body bore 1× his fret hand 1× his left hand 1×

Common sentence endings:

his left hand 2× and setting bulbs 1× hand is doing 1× her left ankle 1× his right shoulder 1× his right wrist 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

handed 4× side 4× head 3× style 3× held 3× british 2× index 2× finger 2× fingers 2× open 2× pour 2× onto 2×

Related phrases

left tackle left wing seconds left left arm left leg left foot bottom left left behind left guard left alone

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

left guard left foot left corner left behind left arm left alone

Just after it in the phrase index:

left hip left knee left lane left lasting left leg left onto

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

left tackle left wing left arm left leg left foot left behind

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "left hand" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as as the left hand of your, by the left hand and the, handed, side and head stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with left tackle, left wing and seconds left, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with left hand

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

His fret hand has an amazing rich sound and with finger independence on his left hand. (16 words)

His left hand came up holding three fingers while his right hand swayed to a rhythm in his head. (19 words)

Pour some onto your left hand, then transfer the dipper to your left hand and pour some onto your right hand. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

His body bore three bullet wounds to his neck, one to his right jaw, one to his left jaw, one to his left-side forehead, one to his right-side forehead, one to his left hand, two to his right-side lower back, and two to his right shoulder. (49 words)

The British tennis star recently revealed that she would miss the French Open this year and had the first procedure on her right racket-playing hand, the second on her left hand and a third on her left ankle. (39 words)

Blankenship has several visible tattoos: a penguin on the back of his right hand, a star on the back of his left hand, a batman symbol on his right inner forearm, and a tribal wristband on his right wrist. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

If a boxer is right-handed (orthodox), his left hand is the lead hand and his right hand is the rear hand.

Other representations In British Sign Language (BSL), the letter 'e' is signed by extending the index finger of the right hand touching the tip of index on the left hand, with all fingers of left hand open.

Pour some onto your left hand, then transfer the dipper to your left hand and pour some onto your right hand.

The German name was Ehe zur linken Hand ("marriage by the left hand") and the husband gave his left hand during the wedding ceremony instead of the right.

Japanese children were taught to distinguish left from right as "the right hand holds the chopsticks, the left hand holds the bowl" – but left-handed eating is acceptable today.

DeWit Left Hand Korean Hand Hoe features a hand-forged, boron steel head with a plow shape that works well for digging, breaking up soil and setting bulbs.

Most Western-style hand knitters follow either the English style (in which the yarn is held in the right hand) or the Continental style (in which the yarn is held in the left hand).

Separation of the deck is done simply lifting up half the cards with the right hand thumb slightly and pushing the left hand's packet forward away from the right hand.

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When reflected in the mirror, your right hand remains directly opposite your real right hand, but it is perceived as the left hand of your image.

The British tennis star recently revealed that she would miss the French Open this year and had the first procedure on her right racket-playing hand, the second on her left hand and a third on her left ankle.

Octopuses “think” with neurons so distributed throughout their bodies that sometimes the left hand literally doesn’t know what the…left hand is doing.

For right-handed persons, the spinning rod is held and cast by the strong right hand, leaving the left hand free to operate the crank handle mounted on the left side of the reel.

Left hand and pitch production First Position Fingerings The left hand regulates the sounding length of the string by stopping it against the fingerboard with the fingertips, producing different pitches.

One consequence of this design is that most Muppets are left-handed as the puppeteer uses his right hand to operate the head while operating the arm rod with his left hand.

The other way of orienting the axes is following the left hand rule, placing the left hand on the plane with the thumb pointing up.

His body bore three bullet wounds to his neck, one to his right jaw, one to his left jaw, one to his left-side forehead, one to his right-side forehead, one to his left hand, two to his right-side lower back, and two to his right shoulder.

The refrigerator rule applies (you can't stand in a fridge, the door always opens towards you) – If the hinges are on the left then it is a left hand (or left hung) door.

Blankenship has several visible tattoos: a penguin on the back of his right hand, a star on the back of his left hand, a batman symbol on his right inner forearm, and a tribal wristband on his right wrist.

His fret hand has an amazing rich sound and with finger independence on his left hand.

His left hand came up holding three fingers while his right hand swayed to a rhythm in his head.

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