right-handed
Example Sentences
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“Playing both sides of the baseball really well. The bat, right-handed looks really good. Lefty is typically his strong side, but I like the right-handed at-bats. Just playing with a lot of real confidence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
He prepared to play Shakespeare by writing poetry of his own, and to embody McCartney, the right-handed actor learned to play guitar lefty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
The tubes measure about 230 nm in diameter and are made of 5 to 6 right-handed helical fibers that twist together.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2025
"The only problem is that I'm a lefty and they're all right-handed guitars."
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
Like most fourteen-year-olds, she was right-handed, so the rocks skipped farther across the murky water when Violet used her right hand than when she used her left.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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