single-handedly

Example Sentences

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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

Then the music falls away and Akylas sings directly to his mum, who raised him single-handedly during Greece's financial crisis.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Having single-handedly “removed the shadow of history from our relationship,” he decreed that it was time to “leave behind the ideological battles of the past” and walk forward together into a “new era.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

Horatius, the Roman general, had single-handedly held off a horde of invaders, sacrificing himself on that bridge to keep the barbarians from crossing the Tiber.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan