How To Use Unhand In A Sentence

It's unhandy at 300 yards, but then there's not a lot of shooting at 300 yards over there. The .375 H&H: Fraud or Scam?
It is due to the high overhead and the unhandiness of the previous fault-tolerance systems.
But I did, and managed to pull off, not unhandily, a tale called ` A Wayside Comedy’ where I worked for a certain ` economy of implication,’ and in one phrase of less than a dozen words believed I had succeeded.
He handed to the prisoner, as he spoke, the writing materials, which had been seized upon by the archers on their first entrance, and then commanded those satellites to unhand the minstrel. Castle Dangerous
His companion was unhandily trimming branches from a pine bole, using an ivory-handled poniard.

Colonel Kenton now saw the unhandsomeness of his leaving his wife at all, and he beheld in its true light his shabbiness in not going back to tell her he had found his old friend and was to bring him to dinner. A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories
We also simulated seed passage through the avian gut by soaking freshly collected 1997-98 unhandled seeds in concentrated hydrochloric acid for 40 minutes and rubbing the aril off with cloth.
The Hawken brothers used the Kentucky as a model for their guns, but the barrels were much shorter (26 to 38 inches), because their users had discovered that a long-barreled rifle, regardless of its advantages, was a damned unhandy thing to hunt with from horseback. Why Shorter is Better
It was not an unhandsome face, though generally the expression it wore was one of good-humored dissatisfaction with life in general.
'Once middle age appears even faintly on the horizon, fashion suddenly gets all unhand-me-greybeard-loon' Alexis Petridis: A toast to Toast
The only men who behaved unhandsomely on the occasion were some of the Irish members, advocates of Repeal, who, with more than national brass, grounded their declinature on the galling yoke of the Saxon, and retreated to Connemara, doubtless exulting that in this instance at least they had freed themselves from "hereditary bonds. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.
Please unhand me, I do not wish to inflict harm.
Not out of those, on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture, comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new, but out of unhandselled savage nature, out of terrible Druids and Berserkirs, come at last Alfred and Shakspeare. The American Scholar
He unhanded Aminza and bounded across the cave, peering out and away at the hugely looming keep, yellow now with sharp sunlight. Hero Of Dreams
Last weekend I asked my very handy dad to come over and replace a broken faucet in the kitchen since J and I are so very unhandy. Archive 2007-11-01
They unhanded her immediately, and Lee walked to the passenger's side at the back, and grabbed her father's coat and put it on.
They desired me to marvel at everything; but that they themselves after past perils should be here again and ready, for no more than seamen's pay, to run their heads into perils yet unhandselled, was to these honest fellows no matter worth considering. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
They don't even take small chances, because these fellows are so unhandy to have around.
Some Arab horsemen from behind the Turks galloped towards us, bucketing unhandily across the irrigation ditches.
The carouse was a tremendous one, as usually was the case where Hollock was the Amphitryon, and, as the potations grew deeper, an intention became evident on the part of some of the company to behave unhandsomely to Norris. PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete
There was a brisk wind blowing, and the beggar turned about to face it, directly they had unhanded him. Robin Hood
Next thing you know, my bathtub drain clogged and, being an unhandy single head of household with a knack for networking with all manner of service pros, I picked up the phone to call my plumber, who'd previously told me never to use Draino on antique pipes in an old house. Janet Carlson: Popular Mechanics: A Modern Woman's Heartthrob
Defecated and freshly collected seeds had higher seed viability than unhandled and one - year old seeds, respectively, and one-year old unhandled seeds had the lowest viability of any treatment.
They become ‘unhandy’ and in this unhandiness they fail to serve the function that they had served so inconspicuously up to that point.
They must have understood my motive -- or perhaps they felt that I was not worth the trouble of taking alive -- for immediately I stopped struggling they unhanded me and rose to their feet. The Fire People
An inexorable patience he seemed to find it: he flushed crimson with rage and the sense of his unhandsomeness, and flung her away. A passionate pilgrim
Joe had no choice but to unhand Phoebe in order to beat them off. EVERVILLE
“The jest hath been played,” she said, with as much firmness as she could assume; “may I entreat that your Highness will now unhand me?” for he still kept hold of her arm. The Fair Maid of Perth
After we see the girls waste an unfortunately unhandsome fellow, the tone of the movie changes.
It shows a balding but not unhandsome man of about 40, who sports a trim beard. Times, Sunday Times
But then it was unhandsome of them to have made so little of the generous handshakes of the Canadian four who were taking their defeat by eight-hundredths of a second rather better than the British took their victory.
Balzac protested strenuously against the use of the word "gigantesque" in reference to his work; and of course it is susceptible of an unhandsome innuendo. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix
Yea, yea, said my friend, I know what thou wouldest: I have been no unhandy devil to thee this long while, and thou wouldst fain keep me still; but now I will be devil no longer, on this earth at least, but will die and take my luck of it. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
It seems that everyone wants to recycle, but some consider the process either too futuristic or too unhandy. AfterGlow Chair – Luminous Chair Made from Recycled Milk Jugs
In such an assault, no weapon would remain unhandled, no charge, true or false, unurged; and what qualities we do not there find excepted against, must surely be admitted to pass to the credit of Dryden. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden
It is a damned unhandy thing to hunt with in a lot of other situations, too. Why Shorter is Better
All that stayed with me after Keane was an unhappy impression of all-abiding tonal uniformity in the hush-tone vespers of dialogues, unhandsome, shallow mise-en-scène, and rigidly adhered-to aesthetic tenets.
Sometimes, it might be correct to let exceptions go unhandled, but usually that is not the case.
`Unhand her, sirrah, or my man Godfrey shall fly about your ears! THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
Under the hat his face was the same: unhandsome without being ugly, rounded without being fat, kindly without showing any signs of weakness.
Carrick stared at the wizard, face softening, and for a fleeting moment, he was not unhandsome.
As I opened the application window I received an unhandled exception.
‘Well, friend,’ he said in mock friendliness, ‘Your shape is not unhandsome for the pursuit of women, which is the purpose of your presence here no doubt.’
She noted with slight satisfaction that he was not at all unhandsome, which was all the better to her.
Personally, I'd love for the studios to unhandcuff him and allow him to release a Director's Cut of …Compass and also let him do the next two books ON HIS OWN TERMS. Chris Weitz Directing Twilight's New Moon Sequel « FirstShowing.net
Not out of those on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new, but out of unhandselled [54] savage nature; out of terrible Druids [55] and Berserkers [56] come at last Alfred [57] and Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
An attempt to increase the magnifying power would inevitably lead to a reduction of the field of vision and to an unhandiness of such spectacles.
Not out of those, on whom systems of education have exhausted their culture, comes the helpful giant to destroy the old or to build the new, but out of unhandselled savage nature, out of terrible Druids and berserkirs, come at last Alfred and Shakespeare. I. Essays. The American Scholar. An Oration Delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837
Up close, Isobel could see moth holes, and ragged hems, and the stiff shininess that belied fabric long unworn and unhandled.
Paul, my mentor, as he was called, was a tall, not unhandsome, boy from the year above me, whose wealthy parents had made their fortunes from the egg retail industry.
Computer glitches, bad weather, a number of airline workers sick-outs all contributed to leaving thousands of flights unflown and piles of baggage unhandled.
Here was no man's garden, but the unhandselled globe. "Feed from their eyes, dream you're alive, and feel, feel..."
His volumes (physically unhandsome, in a rebarbative print-ondemand format, with cramped typesetting) are reader-unfriendly. The Times Literary Supplement
I've known him for a few years and he told me he was meeting with lawyers to deal with some long-standing, unhandled business issues that were now rearing their ugly head.
‘Monsieur,’ she chided, a cold smile twisting her charming lips, ‘I would unhand me were I you.’
Bating the unhandsomeness of the practice, however, I would ask in what manner does the public suffer by it? Life of Adam Smith
For then we shall see things as they are, the evil circumstances and the crooked intentions, the adherent unhandsomeness and the direct crimes; for all things are laid up safely, and tho we draw a curtain of cobweb over them, and a few fig-leaves before our shame, yet God shall draw away the curtain, and forgetfulness shall be no more, because, with a taper in the hand of God, all the corners of our nastiness shall be discovered. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South
His hair stood up in some patches and on the whole he was just unhandsome.
I seized her roughly, but, with lightning swiftness, she plucked the dagger from my belt, and would have pinned me to the wall had I not unhanded her. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus
If the test fixture runs without throwing any unhandled exceptions, and all of the Assert statements pass without problems, the Test Results window shows a green light.
Green Mountains -- and pushed but a little way back in these hundred and fifty years, lies the primeval forest, trodden no longer now by the wasting redman, but untamed yet, almost unhandselled. Fort Amity
Computer glitches, bad weather, a number of airline workers sick-outs all contributed to leaving thousands of flights unflown and piles of baggage unhandled.
If you will be so good as to direct this-this person to unhand me. LION IN THE VALLEY
In addition, handled and unhandled exceptions should always offer minimal information that might assist the hacker in his efforts.
Civ. professors from Trenton State with time on their hands have constructed a replica Pilgrim town with three windowless, dirt-floor pilgrim houses, trucked-in period barnyard animals, and lots of authentic but unhandy Pilgrim implements, built a hand-adzed paled fence, laid in a subsistence garden and produced old-timey clothes and authentically inadequate footwear for the Pilgrims themselves. The Lay of the Land (II)
Still, I did not like the idea of being a "copperhead;" -- for that was the unhandsome designation which When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
You have been so unhandsomely and uncandidly dealt with by a friend of yours and mine that I should be sorry to find myself in the position of an opponent to you, and more particularly with the chance of making a fool of myself. More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
SMITH: Watched them pull to the curb, open the door, and take a handcuffed prisoner out, unhandcuff him, hand him a bag of his property and begin to leave. CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006
Concentrating on the high-class image of Bussel, we came up with an innovative idea that could remove the unhandiness of existing stoves.
Truth, is more comfort to me than Mr. Borland's unhandsomeness is discomfort. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 2, February, 1884
Now unhand me, sir, or I vill cook your goose instead of the one on the stove!
Joe had no choice but to unhand Phoebe in order to beat them off. EVERVILLE
At length, in prosecution of this coarse and unhandsome jest, a sort of vessel with a turn-cock was constructed for holding wine, which was called a Shaftesbury, and used in the taverns of the royal party. The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07
This behavior highlights an implicit assumption in our model, that searching foragers should always begin handling any unhandled food items that they find.
We soon came across the source of this noise - a young man, not unhandsome and with a beautiful tenor voice.
His face, what I could see of it around the booster, was heavy featured, but not unhandsome with all the black stripes and swirls over his golden fur.
These are wild, unhandled animals straight from the moors.
If you will be so good as to direct this-this person to unhand me. LION IN THE VALLEY
Jody, I must insist that you unhand the young man," insisted the Emperor. You Suck
We have got some big ones and they are getting to be whales regarding the size and unhandiness of them.
The only complaint about the design is the unhandy FDD connector placement.
They searched him and, finding no weapons, unhanded him. More Twisted Stories Vol II
In other words, if procedure A calls procedure B, and procedure B generates an unhandled exception, it is passed up to procedure A for handling.
Those who complain of _unhandsomeness_ themselves laid on him the disagreeable necessity. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3
There was a choice of risks: the risk of behaving with extraordinary incivility and unhandsomeness to a lady, and the risk of going on a fool's errand. The Dynamiter
He is pasty, overweight and, well, actually he's not really unhandsome.
Computer glitches, bad weather, a number of airline workers sick-outs all contributed to leaving thousands of flights unflown and piles of baggage unhandled.
He was on horseback, and, stooping from his saddle, was endeavouring just now -- but very unhandily -- to unhasp the gate with the crook of his riding-whip. Lady Good-for-Nothing
Had she haughtily unhanded him (and we should have loved to write it of her), she would have been hurled through the air like the others, and then Peter and Wendy
When the king spoke to him about Johnny, he apparently swore that he would not unhand such a sweet lady to one who would so surely make her unhappy. Exit the Actress
Especially in any kind of wind, the barges had to be unhandy things to bring alongside. WITHOUT REMORSE
The sorcerer, too, was not unhandsome, but he was spectacular in that every inch of him glowed of power and skill.
Some of the Tories had so wrought upon the governor, that, though he had first moved this matter, and had given us both directions and promises about it, yet he now (not without base unhandsomeness) deferred it. The Emancipation of Massachusetts
We soon came across the source of this noise - a young man, not unhandsome and with a beautiful tenor voice, was dancing and singing in the shallows of the river.
Now I'm pathological about putting everything I own where it cannot possibly be damaged (usually in unhandy spots where I can't enjoy the whatever-it-is).
He looked a little older than me, and he wasn't unhandsome, and his features avoided the banal good looks Rochelle picked for all of her own boy toys.
Alcott was just about to tell this man one last time that he was insane and to unhand her when she heard gunshots and all of the mannequins around them began exploding. Blowback
But as that did not satisfy him, and as he seemed to be one of those quarrelsome fellows that are the bane of every community, I took him suddenly by the throat and the shoulder, and bent his neck with the old, quick turn till I heard it crack, and had unhanded him before any of his neighbours had seen what had befallen. The Lost Continent
What changed my mind were the unhanded, negative, and nasty tactics she has used in this campaign. Exit polls: Half of Clinton's supporters won't back Obama
Toreth exclaims, "I demand that you unhand my associate. Archive 2010-02-01
Kindly unhand me sir; for I don't wish to dirty my dress with your muddy paws!
His volumes (physically unhandsome, in a rebarbative print-ondemand format, with cramped typesetting) are reader-unfriendly. The Times Literary Supplement
Once middle age appears even faintly on the horizon, fashion suddenly gets all unhand-me-greybeard-loon. Alexis Petridis: A toast to Toast
This makes it unhandy for the boats as well as the Co-Op.
See he's extremely unhandy, and these were the first blinds he's ever hung and he did it brilliantly! EXHAUSTED!
Computer glitches, bad weather, a number of airline workers sick-outs all contributed to leaving thousands of flights unflown and piles of baggage unhandled.

How To Use Unhand In A Sentence

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