Now, after what you have heard, I hope you will pardon my incivility, during the course of my illness, in giving you my left hand.
When night came, supper was brought, and she pressed me to eat; but considering I could only feed myself with my left hand, I begged to be excused upon the plea of having no stomach.
What I have now told you will induce you to excuse me for eating with my left hand.
Sir, replied the merchant, I have not a thumb on either the right or left hand.
In things that happen indifferently, as that a bird should fly this or that way; that it should thunder on a man's right or left hand, &c.
For example: my right hand writes, whilst my left hand is still: What causes rest in one, and motion in the other?
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.
I gave him my left hand, and sitting thus, with all hands accounted for, we entered into communication with the "spirit" that was busy in the centre of the table.
I tied her wrists separately and then together, and, drawing both ends of the tape into my left hand, I passed them under the tip of my forefinger in such wise that I could feel any slightest movement of the psychic's hands.
Pick up the candlestick in left hand, and bring it forward to show it quite unprepared, allowing the feke to fall forward flat on table.
It is this that is placed in palm of left hand, and paper strip torn loose.
Meanwhile, lay down the plate and handkerchief on the table, at the same time palming small feke containing white silk handkerchief in left hand.
Deaf-mute sign: Left hand held as if pressing a loaf against the chest.
Spica represents the ear of corn held in the Virgin's left hand.
These point out the Lion's skin held in the Hunter's left hand.
Situated in the head of the Medusa held in the Hero's left hand.
I give you my left hand, for the right, as you see, is devoted to the fair.
Horrible to relate, Mr. Barksdale's wig came off in Cadwallader's left hand, and his right fist expended itself with tremendous force against the unresisting air.
That a left hand can be projected from a right arm, drawing its force from the entire body of the subject, this being accompanied by a chilly feeling in the extremities and by congestion of the head.
She again holds out her right hand, and a left hand, attached to a long, thin arm, is seen by her to detach itself and place itself over the plate held in my hand.
I believe so too," said a shrill female voice at my left hand, "for the spirit of folly begins to move.
While I hesitated to reply, gathering up as well as I could the thread of these thoughts as they passed in a few seconds through my mind, my left hand touched an object hidden in my bride's zone.
Clasping his arm with my left hand, I said, "Pull back with all your might.
I was about to turn again to the interesting work of observation through the lens in the floor, when my attention was diverted by the sight of something like a whitish cloud visible through the upper window on my left hand.
She looked through it and replaced it on the table with the gesture of assent usual among her people, inclining her head and raising her left hand to her lips.
Place pistol in left hand, barrel down, butt of pistol up, barrel pointing to left front and downward, slide grasped between thumb and forefinger.
Carry the rifle forward with the left hand, grasping the small of the stock with the right.
I stretched forth my left hand, as I do to a weaker antagonist, and I let him have the hug of me.
I mean at least on my left hand (upon which side they were), for in front where the brook ran out of the copse was a good stiff hedge of holly.
Then Lorna came out of a pew half-way, in a manner which quite astonished me, and took my left hand in her right, and I prayed God that it were done with.
At parade rest the heel of the pike is on the ground, as at the order; the pike is held with both hands in front of the center of the body, left hand uppermost.
To increase front: Let the ferrule fall into the left hand at the height of the hip, right hand at the height of the neck.
To diminish front: Let the ferrule fall into the left hand at the height of the eyes, right hand at the height of the hip.
When the band is playing, in marching, the drum major beats the time with his staff and supports the left hand at the hip, fingers in front, thumb to the rear.
If I saluted with my left hand, it would be wrong, besides I would have to drop the reins, and my horse might start to run, as he was prancing and putting on as much style as I was.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "left hand" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
