hard-handed

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

This is definitely the right way for the hard-handed Yorkshireman to play the spinner.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

They were out for 60 only partly due to the moving ball; it was mainly due to their testosterone-fuelled, front-foot, hard-handed attack frenzy.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2015

Two balls after Rutherford's dismissal Ross Taylor was caught at slip from a delivery on that same horribly in-between length, shaping away just enough to induce a hard-handed prod.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2013

In his 18 months as CABoss, Jim Landis had been as hard-handed on the big airlines as he was hardheaded to some of his associates.

From Time Magazine Archive

Men said he was just... and if his was a harsh, hard-handed sort of justice, well, life on the Iron Islands had accustomed Asha Greyjoy to that.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin