underhand
Example Sentences
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Mick Antoniw, MS for Pontypridd and former counsel general for Wales, said he was "really quite angry because I thought it was quite an underhand memo".
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
Which is why, in the days immediately afterward, he then incorporated underhand flip drills into his pregame work as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Donovan Mitchell threw a 50-foot inbounds pass underhand, Bam Adebayo inbounded a ball off Nikola Jokic’s backside before dribbling downcourt and making a 3, and Devin Booker went through pregame with a hat on backwards.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Finally, the coach held a ball high over his head and announced: “Wouldn’t want anyone else in the world leading us,” and flipped an underhand pass to Stafford as the team erupted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
“The angels, they had to do things underhand, dark things.”
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Vocabulary lists containing underhand
Physical Education - Introductory
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Physical Education - Middle School and High School
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: under-
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