Backhand

"Backhand" in a Sentence (9 examples)

I have a strong backhand.

In tennis and ping-pong backhand the hand is turned backwards in making the stroke.

Del Potro missed a backhand long at break point.

Oh I say, now that is a winner right out of this world! Well, you won't see a better shot than this, hit after this marvelous lob from Jimmy Connors, who catches McEnroe moving forward – a classic moment for the lob – and McEnroe hesitates, realises he can't really hit the overhead cleanly – it's beaten him – chases it back and unleashes... a backhand such as you dream about.

She has a mean backhand.

It was written in a shaky backhand.

While Joe is driving, Bob gets upset and wants to go back to set up. Bob and Joe argue for a few seconds. Then, Bob grabs the wheel and nearly causes us to hit a tree. In response, Joe backhands Bob and tells him to immediately stop or he will get us killed. Bob says that he was just trying to get us back on track and that he was joking.

In great confusion, Gordon accepted the letter, broke its small crested seal, and began reading the neat back-hand scrawl.

He scored on a backhand shot.

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