Sentence examples for hand manner from inspiring English sources

The kids proved useful, albeit in an oddly second hand manner, when an account of a classroom debate threw up some interesting notions about the invaders.

"Manner" in this case is a misnomer because on the one hand manner specifies the way in which an action takes place and on the other hand the de-part in 29, for example, does not specify the way of the action, but rather offers an evaluative comment about the singing action.

Sacral screw insertion is carried out in a free hand manner but can also be done under fluoroscopy for a tricortical approach.

Beginning cooks might have a little trouble because his off-hand manner also extends to some measurements: "a handful of this," "a knob of that," "a wineglass or two" are used the same way as teaspoon and cup.

He does seem an exhausted man, beleaguered by a media he doesn't much appreciate, and whom, to a certain extent, he has alienated with his off-hand manner.

Hughes's text allowed him only to be "big and strong" and to have "a bluff off-hand manner, which passed for heartiness, and considerable powers of being pleasant when he liked".

Mr. Mourdock delivers his preactions in a casual, off-hand manner, as if someone just happened to come upon him with a camera to ask about the ruling(s).

UKIP leader Nigel Farage, whose party wants less immigration into the UK, said the government was "panicking" and trying to "sort the problem out in an overly fast and heavy handed manner".

However, the White House declined to penalize Conway, arguing the comment was made "in a light, off-hand manner".

It's actually a deceptively difficult song to sing, since the chorus sort of winds down in an off-hand manner that's hard to pull off.

One evening when I was conducting a mid-week study series during the Lenten season I referred to Judas in an off-hand manner as an unimportant example.