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How to use backhanded in a sentence

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He has good range and has made some superb throws after making a backhanded grab on the run.
It's a backhanded reassurance, one that allows for cracks of doubt in the organization's trust-us mentality.
He tries to write off both performances with his classically backhanded style.
Jyger backhanded the guard hard across the face, throwing him to the ground.
Collar quickly rushed forward and backhanded the ball sending it back over the net.
Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
Less than four minutes in, he delivered a beautiful backhanded pass that resulted in a three-point play.
Last Thursday he showed his moxie when he made a diving backhanded catch on a one-hopper.
The backhanded compliment had made her blood rise with both embarrassment and a little bit of annoyance.
He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way.
She smartly backhanded him across the forehead, effectively shutting him up before he blew her cover.
She moved to one side to avoid a more volatile slash and returned by stepping dangerously close with a backhanded swipe to the temple.
Ever the party leader, he even offered a backhanded compliment to the protesters.
Girls get backhanded by misogynist male pigs, women get into fistfights with each other, old flames line up on opposite sides of the battlefield.
The second baseman raced over to make a nice backhanded save and threw him out.
He also isn't playing good defense, failing to make the backhanded stops he has made most of the season.
It's usually a backhanded compliment to say that the lighting is great, but in this case, it's the simple truth.
If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
Jude nodded and smiled confidently, even if he was slightly confused by Stephen's backhanded compliment.
Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Whatever this might mean, it was, at best, a backhanded compliment to Hartigan.
Lake slapped him across the mouth with a backhanded blow that snapped his head back on his shoulders and split his lip.
A backhanded compliment of the acutest nature is credited to Lincoln as a lawyer and gentleman.
Glyddyr turned upon him, and made a backhanded blow at his face.
Peggotty, giving Ham a backhanded knock in the chest, 'is another of 'em, though he don't look much like it.
Then quickly and with a dainty backhanded blow, he rapped Eric beneath his guard so shrewdly that it made his head ring again.
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