hot-handed

Example Sentences

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Sam Farmer’s pick: Denver has yet to put it all together, and the Chargers have done it twice, with a swarming defense and a hot-handed quarterback in Herbert.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2025

Down 66-64 after Harvey’s two free throws with less than two minutes left, the usually hot-handed Trent Frazier scored his first points of the game, sinking two free throws to send the game to overtime.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2019

Rather than engage the hot-handed Bobcats, the Hoyas instead dared them to shoot over them or drive past them.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2010

The homebred American game of basketball, in fact, owes most of is present gym-packing, crowd-drawing prominence to the popularity of its hot-handed pros.

From Time Magazine Archive

I tumbled down into reality, hot-handed and self-conscious, with my face aflame, and began to stammer my apologies.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier