single-handed

Example Sentences

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He managed to accomplish virtually nothing: Almost none of his promises for single-handed economic revitalization, world domination, or intrepid urban crime-solving panned out.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2024

Born Maria Anna Sophie Cecilia Kalogeropoulos in New York in December 1923 to Greek parents, Callas was credited with the almost single-handed revival of the Italian bel canto vocal technique.

From Reuters • Oct. 25, 2023

Interestingly, in an article Orwell wrote in 1940, he pinpoints the core of this strategy, writing that the manipulator portrays himself as a martyr, a victim, the "self-sacrificing hero who fights single-handed against impossible odds."

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2023

Mr Lougee was taking part in the single-handed sailing challenge with a plan to sail the route via the Isles of Scilly.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2023

“You’d think he was running a whole fleet of ships, single-handed, to hear her take on.”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham