How to Use handbook in a Sentence
handbook
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Nevaeh had pulled a bait-and-switch straight out of the teenage handbook.
— Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 1 June 2023 -
Strong gave the Big Ten ten days to turn over the handbook and vote tally.
— Nathan Baird, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2020 -
And then gave an answer straight out of the Jay Wright handbook.
— Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022 -
What is the Hot List if not a handbook for giving the gift of travel?
— Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2024 -
This should be more than a handbook and a brief overview.
— Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021 -
Yeah, the sad sentence in the handbook’s first chapter.
— Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Dec. 2021 -
Since the beginning of the year, nearly 60% of the handbook has been reworked.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2020 -
Many schools provide hard copies of the handbook to students at the beginning of the school year.
— Lisa Linnell-Olsen, Parents, 10 July 2024 -
Arms said that there's no handbook for making the courts because of how few there are.
— Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2022 -
Brazel said she’d never been shown the handbook or asked to sign anything like it.
— Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2020 -
Think of this as a handbook for any group of friends who aspire to be just like the iconic Golden Girls.
— Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 7 Oct. 2022 -
The rule is written in the student handbook but rarely enforced.
— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2024 -
There’s no handbook on how to move forward from a moment like this one.
— Scott Kushner, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020 -
The volume comes in soft cover, stocked like a trusty handbook with how-to pictures.
— Kate Krader, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2021 -
Although there would have been room in the kit, there isn’t a dog first aid handbook included.
— Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023 -
That's why this classic handbook is a great gift for knitters.
— Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 8 Nov. 2022 -
Take a page out of the Princess's stylish handbook and make this your pick for the upcoming wedding on your agenda.
— Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Haim are no strangers to flipping the script in the music industry handbook.
— Aly Comingore, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2020 -
The handbook urges Ukrainians to block roads with anything available, from dump trucks to trash, and never to sit around.
— Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2022 -
The church welfare handbook was rewritten in 1990, when Benson was in frail health.
— The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020 -
The captain takes the quick reference handbook, hands it over to the first officer.
— Sam Sweeney, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2024 -
Hatfield hopes the handbook will serve as a guide in a time of crisis for such families.
— Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2020 -
Mack has a handbook to help train the volunteer chaplains.
— Dallas News, 23 Sep. 2021 -
In July, Porter told the board that the athletic handbook was updated this year for the first time since 2017.
— Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 -
There's no real handbook no how to be an author — how to exist in that space.
— Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Sep. 2020 -
The scene is straight out of Boots Riley’s madcap moviemaking handbook.
— WIRED, 22 June 2023 -
This handbook covers all the basics from making pie dough from scratch and how to store it for later use.
— Molly Allen, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2023 -
No handbook that walked you through your rogues’ gallery or gave you Spider-Man’s cell-phone number.
— Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023 -
These guidelines should be listed in a student handbook.
— Lisa Linnell-Olsen, Parents, 10 July 2024 -
According to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles’ handbook, traffic violations can typically result in fines of $1,000 or more.
— Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 26 July 2024
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