How to Use hand down in a Sentence

hand down

verb

• The more buzzworthy of the two styles is, hands down, the deep plane.
  — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 1 May 2024
• The first change handed down came in the form of the school’s admission process.
  — Shu-Ching Jean Chen, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• This is, hands down, the best ice cream maker available for the home.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• Prosecutors said Tubbs grabbed the girl by the throat, locked her in a stall, and put her hand down the girl’s pants.
  — Fox News, 10 May 2022
• If this were a ranking of live mascots, the Wizards win hands down.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Gil gave me a hug around my back, and then slid his hand down my back and grabbed MY buttock with a quick squeeze!
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 June 2023
• The judges could take days, or weeks, to hand down a final decision.
  — Curbed, 14 Dec. 2023
• In the picture, the two walked hand-in-hand down a sidewalk surrounded by green grass and tall palm trees.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 10 Oct. 2022
• Some walked hand-and-hand down the aisle together while others cartwheeled.
  — al, 16 May 2022
• Judge Amit Mehta handed down a four-month prison term, and had some choice words about Navarro's claims.
  — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2024
• Huth said Cosby, who was in his late 30s at the time, attempted to put his hand down her pants.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2022
• And last month, the Missouri jury handed down the $1.5 billion award.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• Put your hand down on something that would be the equivalent of a football.
  — Dallas News, 11 Oct. 2022
• The court is expected to hand down a decision in the cases by next June.
  — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Little stuff like linemen putting their hand down and picking it up before the ball moves.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2022
• While in the car, @moldyfreckle alleges, Callaghan touched her inner thigh, kissed her neck, and attempted to put his hand down her pants.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2023
• The judge will formally hand down Murdaugh’s sentence on the 22 counts on a later date.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• The court could hear oral arguments this fall and will likely hand down a decision in the spring or summer of next year.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 22 July 2021
• On Kip’s twelfth birthday, his father handed down to him the .22 single-shot rifle.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The sentence was handed down by Circuit Judge Kathleen Lape.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 23 July 2023
• Rodgers, 25, was released by the Indianapolis Colts in June after the ban was handed down.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• But as of Thursday, the path forward to handing down the speaker's gavel remained unclear.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Then, as now, tribal elders handed down a death sentence to those visible in the footage, leading to the deaths of at least eight people.
  — Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2023
• Just after taking a dip in the crystal blue water and lying out on their private beach, the power couple strolled hand in hand down a dock.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2024
• And now the country was—for years—steadfastly refusing to pay billions of dollars of judgments handed down by the court.
  — Gregory Makoff, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
• Two months after his guilty plea, while still in custody, a federal grand jury in San Diego handed down the indictment against him and Aguilar in the killings.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• The blue and white china that was handed down to you through the family doesn't deserve to only be brought out on special occasions.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
• Last year he was handed down another conviction, this time for tax crimes.
  — Time, 14 Aug. 2023
• The indictment was handed down by special counsel David Weiss.
  — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 14 Sep. 2023
• The Menendez indictment was handed down on Friday, meaning that members have yet to have the chance to discuss the matter in person.
  — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024