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UK
/fˈɔːhænd/
]
[ US /ˈfɔɹˌhænd/ ]
[ US /ˈfɔɹˌhænd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of racket strokes) made with palm facing direction of stroke
NOUN
- (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
How To Use forehand In A Sentence
- To me her words sounded slightly forced, almost as if she had rehearsed them beforehand.
- The calced Augustinians also made their elections -- but not so quickly that we could avoid sending to them to remind them not to allow the disturbances of other times to occur in their chapter -- by having made them beforehand through their devotion to the outgoing provincial, who managed the succession for another as worthy as he. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
- I would wear it with hoop earrings and thong sandals that were picked up in Capri beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
- What occurred in the hours and days beforehand must be considered. The Sun
- Mind, it is about time that you proposed to Clara, but you ought at least have spoken with your father beforehand.
- A cross-court forehand brought a break point saved with a 133 mph serve. Times, Sunday Times
- Her tennis game, filled with flat forehands and backhands, looks better-built for hard courts, rather than the slow, red clay of Paris. Li Na Wins French Open Title
- The problem beforehand was that we bolted on security afterwards, which made security a 'disabler'. Silicon.com :
- Wherefore, upon all these accounts, as well as for all the reasons before mentioned, youth stands in need of good government to manage it in the reading of poetry, that being free from all prejudicate opinions, and rather instructed beforehand in conformity thereunto, it may with more calmness, friendliness, and familiarity pass from thence to the study of philosophy. Essays and Miscellanies
- It was clear to me beforehand that there had been quite a few changes made.