How to Use secondhand in a Sentence

secondhand

1 of 2 adjective

• He's always haunting the secondhand shops for bargains.
• You’re left to the mercy of phone calls and secondhand news.
  — Alex Convery, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Prices in the secondhand market can show the true power of a brand.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• This isn't the first time Mill has made the internet wince in secondhand pain.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 21 June 2022
• Part of the problem is that the industry is handling secondhand EVs for the first time.
  — Monica Raymunt, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
• Along a wall, there was a section for people to pick up secondhand clothes and shoes.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• Her perfect, pearly fit is thanks to a secondhand gown.
  — Elise Preston, CBS News, 23 June 2023
• Turns out, Eve-Lily gets many of her statement items from the vintage and secondhand world.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024
• Items found in the house were sent to be sold at a secondhand store in Sandstone, Minnesota.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• The secondhand fridge had a huge dent in it; the bedrooms were unheated in winter.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2022
• Sometimes finding the rare gem at a secondhand store is a matter of good taste.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
• Grab a few unique items from a thrift store or secondhand shop, and place them in different rooms of your home to see what speaks to you.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2023
• The wonderful thing about London is the secondhand book shops.
  — Amy Sutherland, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Look for cool T-shirts and sweatshirts Most every secondhand store will have racks and racks of T-shirts and sweatshirts.
  — Hannah Holland, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• To make the most of your day, head to the sprawling wonderland of the Saint-Ouen, where nearly 2,000 vendors comprise the largest secondhand market in the world.
  — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2024
• Most of my Barbie dolls were secondhand, just like most of my clothes and furniture.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• But that hasn't stopped these products from turning up on the secondhand market.
  — Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2023
• The sick passenger was asked to find a change of clothes in her carry-on bag while the rest of the cabin managed their secondhand queasiness.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Andrea Sachs and Heidi Pérez-Moreno, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• But the secondhand market is growing—and is projected to more than triple within the next decade.
  — Alana Semuels, Time, 21 Nov. 2022
• The supply of secondhand vehicles will grow over time, Mr. Case said.
  — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022
• Shein’s pledge fails to do one important thing: Stop secondhand Shein products from adding to the problem.
  — Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 13 June 2022
• This savvy book is fulled with tips and tricks on navigating the secondhand fashion space.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 30 May 2022
• In apparel alone, some 10% of the global market will be secondhand by next year.
  — Joshua Kirby, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2023
• Now, more firms that trade in secondhand stakes of private assets are betting some of those investors will want out.
  — Laura Kreutzer, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
• Here are nine movies about the vicarious thrill of victory and the secondhand agony of defeat.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• Alma and Del, who are best friends and cousins, find an old, perhaps magical, tea set in their abuela’s secondhand store.
  — Mary Quattlebaum, Washington Post, 13 July 2022
• Nowadays, secondhand shopping has taken on a life of its own.
  — Jolene Almendarez cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• The children wore secondhand clothes, often went without shoes and sometimes had no more to eat than one daily meal of bread and a slice of banana.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• Gao Jia has run a secondhand furniture and electronics shop in Paibang for eight years.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Rising cost of living and higher prices for new clothes are driving more people to explore the secondhand market.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024

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second hand

2 of 2 noun

• When it is pushed, the watch stops, and the small second hand jumps to zero.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2022
• Have someone time you or look at a wall clock with a second hand.
  — Kyle Norman, Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2021
• The second hand also sweeps around the clock face, so there's no ticking.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2022
• Watch faces with second hands lose the quick circler in always-on mode.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2019
• The only moving object in the room was the second hand on the clock by the bed; the only sound, the low hum of the ventilator.
  — Carlos Valdez Lozano, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2020
• Smith learned of the royal's viewing habits second hand.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2022
• They were fooled by the French drop about 81 percent of the time, mostly choosing the empty second hand.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
• On the bottom half, there’s a 60-second subdial, which takes the place of a second hand.
  — Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• That rotation could also track time, like the second hand of a clock.
  — WIRED, 18 Nov. 2022
• Likewise, the yellow and black loop on the second hand is a reference to the seats’ pull handles.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 July 2021
• Even second hand car dealers were getting in on the act, although the discounts were not as steep.
  — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
• Isabella clapped a second hand over her mouth, then clutched her chest.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
• The office deal is the second recent large sublease in a market that’s awash with the second hand business space.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 26 Feb. 2021
• Smaller objects, like the second hand, orbit faster than the bigger ones.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2018
• The inset second hand is a feature common in watches from the early 1900s.
  — Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
• The palm of the second hand faces inwards, with the magician’s thumb concealed behind fingers.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Apr. 2023
• Now, the team travels beyond Kyiv to the likes of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on the hunt for second hand pieces and fabric to rework into suits.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020
• The items accepted will be resold as second hand items, and anything that can't be sold will be recycled.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 14 Oct. 2020
• Using a watch with a second hand, a stopwatch or an app on your smartphone, count the number of beats during 15 seconds.
  — Star Tribune, 27 Nov. 2020
• This vibrant detail emulates the team’s car for the season and appears on the chronograph second hand, the chronograph minute hand and the top right pusher.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 May 2022
• Since then, Rasiak has learned a lot, and his leather comes from a local supplier rather than second hand jackets.
  — Alex Martin, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2022
• Bits and pieces of evidence combined convinced him the painting was Raphael, finished by a second hand.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
• Lululemon is planting a flag in the re-commerce movement, where second hand items are sold in a section of some of your stores.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 27 May 2022
• When the push piece at 2:00 is activated, the split-second hand stops while the sweep-second hand continues running.
  — Roberta Naas, Forbes, 7 Apr. 2021
• Slits on the band above and below the dial serve as guides to quickly read the compass direction indicated by the second hand.
  — Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• So grab the father figure in your life and get ready to either laugh or suffer from second hand embarrassment with some of these jokes.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 9 May 2019
• Electric cars are more expensive than fossil fuel ones for the time being, and a huge number of car sales are second hand.
  — James Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
• In addition to the stop-second hand, this particular caliber allows for the bonus of the central chronograph minute counter.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2022
• Beacon's Closet is a fixture of the New York second hand scene with a website that gives you access to the inventory of all four locations.
  — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 15 Apr. 2023
• The key difference between a chronograph watch and all other watches is that the big second hand does not actually track seconds in real time.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 27 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024