backhanded

Example Sentences

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Last Thanksgiving was full of backhanded compliments and pointed remarks.

From MarketWatch

That’s reportedly when Damian Smith, the Spurs’ director of team security, “instantly backhanded her, causing her to fall to the ground ... knocking her glasses off.”

From Los Angeles Times

In the third, Machado made a backhanded stop of Seiya Suzuki’s grounder and, as his momentum carried him several steps into foul territory, turned and made the long throw to first to end the inning.

From Washington Times

"I've been told that 'I'm one of the good ones' from the Lebanese community - a backhanded compliment that suggests that the rest of my community isn't good."

From BBC

And why the excitement, in some quarters, about these conferences: "Rishi has a backhanded ability to enthuse people in the opposite direction."

From BBC