How to use handy in a sentence

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• Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?From the entry number
• I said, never clip a dog's nails without a styptic pencil handy.From the entry styptic pencil
• She always comes up with great ideas for handy dandy new tools.From the entry handy dandy
• This cash in hand will come in handy as spending money on my trip to Asia.From the entry cash in hand
• Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out.From the entry come in
• Empty jam jars are handy for keeping odd bits and pieces in.From the entry jam jar
• They keep 1-thou and 2-thou shimstock handy when they're building these assemblies.From the entry shimstock
• They keep 8-micron and 12-micron shimstock handy when they're evaluating the occlusion.From the entry shimstock
• The CPR course that she took really came in handy.From the entry that
• Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.From the entry bar
• She carries a Swiss Army knife for the convenience of having dozens of small tools handy at any moment.From the entry Swiss Army knife
• YouTuber Chris Fix keeps a spray bottle of soapy wooder handy while he is repairing and cleaning cars.From the entry wooder
• Even though he doesn't really know how to use them, he keeps the tools around, figuring they might come in handy someday.From the entry come in handy
• The Kelvin scale is the standard scale for many scientific fields, but the related Celsius scale is handier for everyday life on Earth.From the entry Kelvin scale
• As with any clairsense, it can come in handy when loved ones are in trouble.2021, Vincent Higginbotham, How Witchcraft Saved My Life. From the entry clairalience
• This comes in handy when your floofer decides to have a brush with death.2020 October 26, Hunter Fenollol, “Pet Insurance: Cost, companies and everything you need to know”, in Tom’s Guide, Future US. From the entry floofer
• A cherry-pitter is handy for large quantities, and it works nicely on olives, too.2015, Mark Bittman, Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix: More Than 700 Simple Recipes and Techniques to Mix and Match for Endless Possibilities…. From the entry cherry-pitter
• This handy guide will help you decipher the seven oddest, old-timiest state nicknames.2014, Ken Jennings, “Seventh Period”, in Maps and Geography (Ken Jennings’ Junior Genius Guides), New York, N.Y.: Little Simon, page 140. From the entry old-timey
• As I mentioned earlier, this is where an understanding of child development comes in handy!2013, Shelley A. Christensen, Subbing with Sanity... ...A Work of the Heart, Xlibris, page 103. From the entry come in handy
• Relieve the year that was in handy listicle form, on page 52.2011 January–February, Doug Brod, editor, Spin, New York, N.Y.: Spin Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4. From the entry listicle
• This mission may or may not come with a handy "plan" or highlighted "trip-tic" attached. they're going.2010, Leonard Sweet, AquaChurch 2.0: Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture, →ISBN. From the entry trip tic
• If that's too hard to remember, Vialoux has a handy catch phrase: “Buy when it snows!2010 October 21, Paul Marshman, “Buy when it snows, sell when it goes!”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 13 Oct 2015. From the entry buy when it snows, sell when it goes
• One handy site that can confirm the veganness of your wine is barnivore.com.2010, Terry Hope Romero, “The Vegan Latin Pantry”, in Viva Vegan! 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers, Cambridge…. From the entry veganness
• Such pouches were also kept inside a belt-purse as a handy way to store coins.2009, Jeffrey L. Forgeng, Will McLean, chapter 6, in Daily Life in Chaucer’s England, 2nd edition, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press…. From the entry belt purse
• Keep bags handy and already stocked with essentials for places you frequent.2007, Lisa Whelchel, Taking Care of the Me in Mommy: Becoming a Better Mom: Spirit, Body and Soul, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry pool diaper
• Nevertheless, Juliet gave a covert look around the room for handy missiles.2002, Mulaika Hijjas, “Family Ghosts”, in Feminist Studies, volume 28, number 2, page 372. From the entry poltergeistism
• Use a cherry-pitter, a handy gadget, to plunge pits out of cherries.1994, Debra Stark, Cooking at The Natural Gourmet, Lexington, Mass.: Scarecrow Enterprises, →ISBN, page 146. From the entry cherry-pitter
• Its busy little brain must and will be kept going on whatever is handy.1984, Isaac Asimov, Asimov's new guide to science. From the entry supermonkey
• She's a freako religious number, pushing Christians into any trough of water handy to rebaptize them.1976 August 14, Bunny LaRue, “Levitation Anyone?”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 5. From the entry rebaptize
• This "interfix" conveys no semantic message: It simply serves as an occasionally handy grammatical tool.1969, Romance Philology, volume 23, page 298. From the entry intercalate
• If, in spite of care, one of the dogs should die, Dogdoctor Smith has a cemetery handy.1930 September 29, “Modern Doggery”, in Time, volume 16, number 13, →ISSN, page 52. From the entry dogdoctor

Meaning of handy

1. adjective Easy to use, useful.
2. adjective Nearby, within reach.
3. adjective Dexterous, skilful. (of a person).

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Questions about handy in a sentence

How do you use handy in a sentence?

Handy is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Some people regard duct tape as a handy fix-all.”

What is a short sentence with handy?

“Have you a sheet of paper handy?”

What does handy mean?

Handy means easy to use, useful.