How to Use hands-on in a Sentence
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Soups and stews don’t require a large amount of hands-on time.
— Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024 -
Help care for the garden while getting hands-on lessons in mulching.
— Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023 -
How hands-on were Hit-Boy and Alchemist with you in that regard?
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2024 -
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman got the first hands-on look at the Quest 3 and reviewed the product over the weekend.
— Nick Turner, Fortune, 1 June 2023 -
Jurassic has a very hands-on, old-school way of thinking about things.
— Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024 -
Dales was the hands-on detail man who checked the contract language line by line.
— Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023 -
Lab, a space that allows for hands-on culinary lessons.
— David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024 -
Like his own dad was with him, Luke is excited to be a hands-on father.
— Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2024 -
The grip handle is great for saving hands-on heavier jobs.
— Brittany Vincent, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2023 -
Discovery and Iger of Disney — have taken a hands-on role over the last six weeks.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 Nov. 2023 -
This easy-to-whip-up dessert also requires just 15 minutes of hands-on time.
— Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2024 -
Bourne was known as a hands-on leader, who often worked nights and weekends.
— Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2024 -
The friends want readers to feel this kind of hands-on help in the pages of their new cookbook, which is available for pre-order now.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2024 -
This is the first time she’s been able to fully be hands-on with every aspect of the project, controlling what was and wasn’t shown.
— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 July 2024 -
There's a live DJ, hands-on craft activities, local food and free swag bags to the first 100 shoppers through the door.
— Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023 -
But to experience it hands-on was something to take in.
— Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024 -
Turn to this berry pie recipe that can be yours with just six ingredients and 20 minutes of hands-on time.
— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 May 2024 -
This simple roasted recipe is delicious, and just takes a short amount of hands-on prep time.
— Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 30 July 2023 -
An unboxing video shared on YouTube last week has our first hands-on look at a new 140W wall charger from Anker.
— Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024 -
This area has many hands-on features for younger children and includes swings, slides and a lazy river made just for kids.
— Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 16 May 2023 -
Mint, sweet tea, lemon, bourbon, and crushed ice make a pitcher-perfect drink that takes 10 minutes of hands-on time.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Bring your gloves and pruners to a hands-on, no-charge pruning workshop with experts from the San Diego Rose Society.
— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024 -
These cookies require a few steps, but only 20 minutes of hands-on time.
— Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2023 -
Wilson has been a hands-on father for Future, which has been a wonderful thing to see.
— Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 15 Sep. 2023 -
About 200 fans got word of Wilson’s hands-on approach to tour promotion and showed up to make purchases and chat with the artist.
— Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Get hands-on with fun exhibits, see a movie or tinker in MakerPlace.
— The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023 -
Homemade ice cream comes together without a whole lot of hands-on time.
— Ashia Aubourg, SELF, 22 June 2023 -
Your slow cooker helps slash hands-on time to make this recipe incredibly easy.
— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023 -
Forbes has a new, free newsletter series on AI Life Hacks, that will bring hands-on prompt engineering tips to your inbox over a one-week course.
— Chris Dobstaff, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Donating cash is fine, but hands-on help will give you more satisfaction and frontline insight into what’s possible and how to become the pivotal point to progress.
— Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2024
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