single-handedly
Example Sentences
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But posterity will almost certainly remember Monday as the “Wemby game,” in which the 22-year-old Frenchman single-handedly dismantled one of the greatest teams, statistically, that the NBA has ever seen.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
And the way he is playing, he appears to be trying to will that into existence single-handedly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Eddie Hearn, boxing's Barnum-style promoter, says he believes Pollock can "single-handedly ignite the sport" after signing the Northampton back row to his talent agency.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
“Today’s plunge in the oil market should single-handedly shave off $0.45/gallon, implying the national average pulling back to around $3.70,” Molchanov wrote.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
He’d been rendered helpless—frozen solid not once but twice, while Leo was blasted into the sky and Piper was forced to save them all single-handedly.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
