How To Use Backhanded In A Sentence
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If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
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attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity
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a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal
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The man hit him, left hand, backhanded; he was wearing a weighted glove.
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He looked down at it, more puzzled than pained, then struck her a backhanded swipe that had her stumbling back towards the door.
EVERVILLE
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It's usually a backhanded compliment to say that the lighting is great, but in this case, it's the simple truth.
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It sold 55,000, and people started calling him the best rapper in Britain - a bit of a backhanded compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.
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I don't really think he meant it as a backhanded compliment, but it was funny, all the same.
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Jude nodded and smiled confidently, even if he was slightly confused by Stephen's backhanded compliment.
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She was the best thing about the show, which sounds like a backhanded compliment but isn't.
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Jyger backhanded the guard hard across the face, throwing him to the ground.
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Girls get backhanded by misogynist male pigs, women get into fistfights with each other, old flames line up on opposite sides of the battlefield.
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I served against the backboard and backhanded the ball that bounced back.
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But teasing from team-mates is as much a backhanded plaudit as jeers from opposition supporters, which is why both the ribbing and the heckling have been gathering momentum the older this season gets.
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The backhanded compliment had made her blood rise with both embarrassment and a little bit of annoyance.
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Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
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She moved to one side to avoid a more volatile slash and returned by stepping dangerously close with a backhanded swipe to the temple.
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Strangely enough, the rise and persistence of creation myths can be construed as a backhanded way of weaving religion into a consilient overview of evolutionary theory.
The adaptive origins of creationist mythology
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Ever the party leader, he even offered a backhanded compliment to the protesters.
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Worthy and well-intentioned, which is a backhanded compliment for a not-bad film.
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Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
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This was a backhanded compliment: it implied that everyone was capable of appreciating the highest works of art, whatever their class or ethnic background.
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It proved to be an impossible task, for the cloaked fighter finished the battle with a single backhanded blow as soon as the ref started the match.
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He was working on the reverse of the blade, the edge opposite the ring quillon: his spirit in Garric's body had backhanded the sword through an iron helmet.
Lord of the Isles
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That's sort of a backhanded compliment, so thank you… what was reason number two?
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Colonel Bud Day, a fellow P.O.W. in Hanoi: This backhanded slap is one of the more surprising insults in my military history.
McCain, Supporters Slam Clark and Obama Campaign - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
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Less than four minutes in, he delivered a beautiful backhanded pass that resulted in a three-point play.
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This backhanded compliment is, in fact, a tribute to the imagination and commitment of community educators.
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Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
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In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning.
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He teases the astrophysicists with his advanced technology then withholds the information because he deems us unworthy, then backhandedly compliments our biodiversity.
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She laughs nervously at the backhanded compliment.
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She marched straight up to Cratyn, pulled him out of his chair and delivered a stinging backhanded slap across his face.
TREASON KEEP
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It's a backhanded reassurance, one that allows for cracks of doubt in the organization's trust-us mentality.
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I guess this is kind of a backhanded compliment on the performances, but the reality is that the stage performance didn't help at all with the film.
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The term "crowd pleaser" is a real backhanded compliment in comedy, being associated with stale, hackneyed, button-pushing routines.
This week's new comedy
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The term "crowd pleaser" is a real backhanded compliment in comedy, being associated with stale, hackneyed, button-pushing routines.
This week's new comedy
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I mean, neither of us is in the prime of youth anymore and this was a bit of a backhanded compliment.
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Thank you for the backhanded compliment in admitting I'm intelligent.
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This was a backhanded compliment: it implied that everyone was capable of appreciating the highest works of art, whatever their class or ethnic background.
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In a backhanded way, I think a lot of my energy and strength comes from my campaigning.
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Passive-agressive is when someone uses seemingly polite comments in a backhanded manner to insult someone.
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Has anybody here gotten a post-show compliment that was meant sincerely but felt like a backhanded compliment?
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Collar quickly rushed forward and backhanded the ball sending it back over the net.
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He has good range and has made some superb throws after making a backhanded grab on the run.
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The second baseman raced over to make a nice backhanded save and threw him out.
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It was not an insult per se, but definitely a backhanded compliment.
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The best thing about it, though (and this is going to sound like such a backhanded compliment…) is the opening credits.
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The poem is a riposte to Lord Beauchamp's backhanded compliment to Australians, ‘Your birthstain you have turned to good.’
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Of course, there is the occasional miscreant standing in front of the classroom who encourages student failure as a backhanded compliment to his self-declared high standards.
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His stabbing was also done backhanded.
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He knew of the boy's poor eating habits and was obviously trying to help get some meat on his bones in a backhanded way.
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But teasing from team-mates is as much a backhanded plaudit as jeers from opposition supporters, which is why both the ribbing and the heckling have been gathering momentum the older this season gets.
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One time we played with a traditional puppet master from Japan, and he told us that we ‘seemed to really enjoy what we do’, which I guess is kind of a backhanded compliment.
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Unfortunately, he doesn't have much range to his right, and he's horrible at fielding the ball backhanded.
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Last Thursday he showed his moxie when he made a diving backhanded catch on a one-hopper.
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He confirms, backhandedly, that it's simplest to treat ensembles as we do individual artists.
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He also isn't playing good defense, failing to make the backhanded stops he has made most of the season.
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Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.
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She smartly backhanded him across the forehead, effectively shutting him up before he blew her cover.
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It was a backhanded compliment and not a very good one at that.
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Columbus grabbed a 1-0 lead when Fedor Tyutin intercepted a deflected pass from Phoenix's Keith Yandle and backhanded a lead pass to Huselius at the center circle.
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The center fielder jumped against the wall attempting a backhanded catch.
