single-handedly
Example Sentences
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Maradona had almost single-handedly won the 1986 World Cup for Argentina.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Susan Jordan, who single-handedly runs the California Coastal Protection Network out of her kitchen in Santa Barbara, was somewhere between flabbergasted and apoplectic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I think he may have single-handedly invented a new way to do literary events. I don’t know what to call it ... a literary roast?,”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
But he proved on Saturday that he wasn’t done single-handedly turning World Cup matches on his own—he has now bagged eight of his 12 international goals at major tournaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Nana filled the courtroom with stories about the time she caught a shark off the coast of Key West, and the time she single-handedly uncovered a plot to murder the pope.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
