Examples of backhander in a Sentence
She hit a backhander into the net.
the customs official let us know that he might be prepared to look the other way if an appropriate backhander was slipped into his palm
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Lyon stoned him on the first shot and then was able to recover and stop Mittelstadt’s backhander off the rebound.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
The Canadiens jumped ahead three minutes into the game when Gallagher wristed in a rebound after Vasilevskiy kicked away Alex Newhook’s backhander.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
After recovering the puck, Zach Benson put a close-range backhander on net.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game road winning streak when Tage Thompson couldn’t keep in the puck in the Ducks’ zone and Terry held on a 2-on-0 break to score on a backhander.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 2 May 2026
The Canadiens jumped ahead three minutes into the game when Gallagher wristed in a rebound after Vasilevskiy kicked away Alex Newhook’s backhander.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
After recovering the puck, Zach Benson put a close-range backhander on net.
—Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Anaheim ended Buffalo’s seven-game road winning streak when Tage Thompson couldn’t keep in the puck in the Ducks’ zone and Terry held on a 2-on-0 break to score on a backhander.
—Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Backhander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backhander. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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