hand-operated
Example Sentences
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The hand-operated ones are too complicated or too fragile to allow for regular lifting and lowering.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026
About 30 local artists now use the Editions studio, reserving time on hand-operated presses from the 1800s and other antique machinery.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024
“One of the instructors discovered an old hand-operated lithography press in the basement, but it was all discombobulated,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2022
All around Augusta National, Woods’s name vaulted up the hand-operated scoreboards, sending a buzz through the grounds.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2019
Half an hour later, Nali parked so that the water tanks were next to the hand-operated water pump.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
