openhanded

Example Sentences

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Capitol and D.C. police were in openhanded combat with rioters, tear gas was used against police, and destructive devices and semiautomatic weapons have been recovered, he said.

From Washington Post

“All of a sudden, he just slapped me, openhanded and with great force, across the face, landing the blow directly onto my ear,” Manning Barish says.

From Washington Post

Sometimes she reverses the tide by imagining what she could do to the man who caused it: Turn his cheeks red with an openhanded smash to the face.

From Seattle Times

Fugazi marked a turning point in the city’s musical history, broadening Washington’s seminal hard-core sound into a more openhanded aesthetic.

From New York Times

Which makes the differences between them — in this case, the little matter of Arnold’s being gay — take on the openhanded smack of betrayal.

From New York Times