How to use forehand in a sentence

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• That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.From the entry long
• Kyrgios hits a thumping inside-out forehand to Raonic's weaker wing, the backhand.2014 July 2, The Daily Telegraph, Sports Sect., p. 6. From the entry inside-out
• Koulikovskaya is pretty weird (hits a forehand off both sides), but not very effective.2005 February 9, Amy Cottrell, “weirdest players there ever was?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025. From the entry ambie
• Kvitova sends her wide on the second serve to save the first and then coolly swazzes a forehand down the line.2019 January 26, Tom Dutton, “Osaka 7-6 5-7 4-3 Kvitova”, in The Evening Standard, London. From the entry swazz
• The way he wraps his foot around the ball generates a top-spin effect, like a sweetly struck forehand from Rafael Nadal.2018 July 12, Jamie Redknapp, “How Kieran Trippier bent it like Beckham to score England's brilliant World Cup opener against Croatia”, in…. From the entry old school
• He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.2022 September 22, Russell Fuller, “Roger Federer retires: Swiss great played tennis with a balletic grace beyond modern compare”, in BBC…. From the entry balletic
• Ace, cross-court forehand winner, ace, forehand winner – a blistering eighth game took him to 5-3 and informed Nadal precisely how nerveless the Czech was.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian. From the entry nerveless
• He even tried a left-handed forehand.2006, Greg Moran, Tennis Beyond Big Shots, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry run around

Meaning of forehand

1. noun A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
2. noun A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
3. noun All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.

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How do you use forehand in a sentence?

Forehand is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “That forehand was long. It landed two feet beyond the baseline.”

What is a short sentence with forehand?

“a forehand rent”

What does forehand mean?

Forehand means a stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.