hand-operated
Example Sentences
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The hand-operated ones are too complicated or too fragile to allow for regular lifting and lowering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
The shrimp are the work of Amedeo Capelli, a self-taught carpenter and maker of hand-operated automatons, or moving devices.
From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Two previous countdown attempts were marred by balky fans and a large hand-operated valve that workers mistakenly left closed at the pad last week.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
“One of the instructors discovered an old hand-operated lithography press in the basement, but it was all discombobulated,” he recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
They tested a 66-pound, general purpose, hand-operated tool.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
