single-handedly
Example Sentences
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Alvarez, however, came as close to single-handedly carrying a baseball team to a division title as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Kyl was single-handedly responsible for forcing the government to upgrade the eroding U.S. nuclear arsenal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Katie won't say this, and I've been holding back from saying this, but single-handedly, Katie Taylor got women's boxing into the Olympics," her manager Brian Peters says.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Susan Jordan, who single-handedly runs the California Coastal Protection Network out of her kitchen in Santa Barbara, was somewhere between flabbergasted and apoplectic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Anthony wrote hundreds of letters of invitation to prospective members, and almost single-handedly raised the money, hired the hall, and organized the speakers for the group’s first meeting.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
