HANDLE in a Sentence

Learn HANDLE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
278 example sentences for HANDLE, such as:
1. Attach the handle to the box.
2. Take something by the best handle.
3. The court has many cases to handle.
4. It's a crime to handle stolen goods.
5. That's no way to handle men, my dear.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of HANDLE
handle
 v.  interact in a certain way
 v.  handle effectively
Classic Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1  Startled at finding it locked he rattled the handle violently; then he reflected that Mattie was alone and that it was natural she should barricade herself at nightfall.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  The two leaned forward at the same moment and their hands met on the handle of the jug.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
3  They were all healthy, thoughtless young animals, sleek, graceful, high-spirited, the boys as mettlesome as the horses they rode, mettlesome and dangerous but, withal, sweet-tempered to those who knew how to handle them.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  She could see that Stuart was going to be difficult to handle today if she flirted with anyone else.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Pork was the only one who knew how to handle him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  He was in his mid-thirties, older than any beau she had ever had, and she was as helpless as a child to control and handle him as she had handled beaux nearer her own age.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
7  She had been counting on Prissy to handle the situation if no doctor should be available.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
8  Fortunately Scarlett had come into contact with the two men very little, for Will had persuaded her to let him handle the trading while she managed the plantation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
9  But now a problem had arisen which was too big for him to handle.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  That's no way to handle men, my dear.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
11  If I put Hugh in charge of the new mill and leave Mr. Johnson at the old one, I can stay in town and see to the selling while they handle the milling and hauling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
12  I wouldn't trust them any farther than I could see them and as for letting them handle my babies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
13  "Now, don't fly off the handle and get your Irish up," he interrupted imperturbably.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
14  And Johnnie Gallegher could run the other mill, and she could handle the selling, and then everything would be fine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  Well, don't fly off the handle so, because I didn't lie and make you feel conceited.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1  The public never had faith in his ability to handle the job.
2  The handle is detachable from the bag.
3  Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
4  Take something by the best handle.
5  Attach the handle to the box.
6  Do not put much pressure on the handle, it may break.
7  Don't pull so hard or the handle will come off.
8  The table folds up and comes complete with a carrying handle.
9  The court has many cases to handle.
10  It's a crime to handle stolen goods.
11  A new man was appointed to handle the crisis.
12  He felt about in the dark for the door handle.
13  Computers can handle huge amounts of data.
14  I stood there, clasping the door handle.
15  The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream, and how you handle disappointment along the way.