Utiliser "single-handed" dans une phrase

1. The boy was called Alan, being as close to Eileen as Ken could get in the memorial naming of his son, and Ken perspired a great deal over the next few years bringing him up single-handedly

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2. You virtually accused him of being single-handedly responsible for our situation

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3. A great man who almost single-handedly started the Protestant Reformation with the nailing of his ninety-five theses on the door of the church at Wurtemberg

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4. He knew that one lone cop, a hair’s breadth shy of five feet tall couldn’t single-handedly clean up the corruption entrenched in the OIJ, or so much as slow the increase in trafficking by removing an occasional smuggler

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5. He was a revolutionary and courageous battling the power brokers single-handedly, and on top of that, he lived in style

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6. To keep his mind off his problems he pulled out his smokes single-handedly

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7. A police lieutenant is not going to intercept a team of drug smugglers single-handedly armed with just a pistol

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8. At twenty-three years old, I was left alone to single-handedly rescue our family’s main company in Sicily

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9. I wondered what Grandfather would have thought about it, especially the story of how he single-handedly killed four of the great bears with only a dull knife

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10. He thought he could take on a pry-mantas Obake single-handed

11. described as “the guy who single-handedly destroyed the economy of the

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12. that we were single-handedly responsible for the second coming

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13. I volunteered, and in case the Gestapo should read my mail, wrote home that I was ready to pull out some of Albion’s claws by sinking their Navy single-handedly

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14. Lord Taliesin brought down three more of the goblins single-handed and the lich-troll another three

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15. I was nervous, tired from the constant noise of bulldozers, the lack of patrons, and having to run the place single-handed

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16. No mad plans to single-handedly take on the criminal fraternity

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17. who introduced ideas, or gave the appearance of doing things single-handedly, was never likely

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18. In his rage Conan felt capable of accounting for the whole clan single-handed

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19. As Cait single-handedly goes after retribution, the powers of the healthcare empire and political community have their own agendas

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20. She was able to successfully defend the town single-handedly, even in her later years

21. The ship that had single-handedly decimated his father’s forces and killed both his father and his brother was back

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22. That wonderful feeling that he was single-handedly responsible for such good and meaningful deeds amidst the horrors terrorizing the world sprung up inside him like a spiritual artesian fountain and vigorously renewed his soul with faith and joyful bliss

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23. We have heard of the villages you have destroyed single-handed, the children you have eaten, the burning of their parents with hellfire

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24. “I did not say I would do it single-handed

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25. Almost single-handedly, Wittmann had destroyed the British advance and forced the 7th Armoured Division to retreat

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26. Doug practically ran the place, single-handed

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27. “Ladies and gentlemen, our hero is still in a bit of shock, having single-handedly taken on the monsters of Lake Maebiewahnapoopie

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28. As early as 1941, with the war only weeks old in the Pacific, then Captain Dows demonstrated her courage and leadership qualities when she defended nearly single-handedly from Japanese air attack the Darwin Airfield, where she was being treated for wounds suffered in combat over the Philippines

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29. That means she’s single-handedly knocked out ten players without being hit

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30. Anyone who came out with the line “you’re not the boss of me” was not about to single-handedly slay twenty land-trolls and a bearded psychopath

31. A magician must remain undaunted even when single-handedly confronting all of the demons in the universe

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32. defeat the Grand Wizard in combat, and get the others out of the Castle almost single-handedly,

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33. had thought him capable of winning the Games single-handedly (well,

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34. careers when Hillary was born, and Annie had virtually raised her single-handedly

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35. She single-handedly brought in a freaking army

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36. “She almost single-handedly revived the Chamber of Commerce

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37. My uncles are always teasing her about how she’s single-handedly supporting the medical institutions and their families, cause either she’s there for one reason or another, or she’s caused someone else, like Dan Peterson, to be there…”

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38. She had to drink Major Cookham single-handed to his dregs, she said to herself desperately, for Audrey went off with her mother and didn't come back, and the sisters, settling down next to Jim on his sofa on either side of him, each with an arm warm-heartedly through one of his, took a fresh lease of talk and laughter, telling him, with cheerful confidence in his interest, everything they had been doing since they saw him last

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39. At the hottest moment of the day he felt for a lurid instant as if it were not one choir-boy he was with but the entire choir having its summer treat and being taken by him single-handed for a long dog-day to the Crystal Palace; but that was after luncheon in the restaurant car, a luncheon that seemed to his fevered imagination to consist of bits of live cinder served in sulphur and eaten in a heaving, swaying lake of brimstone

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40. There was this great veterans’ advocate in San Diego named Robert Van Keuren and this guy, almost single-handedly, had developed a program in an area of the country where there were thousands of homeless vets

41. This lad has single-handedly vanquished most of the Bhuta-Gana’s

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42. She had brought up two children almost single-handed, her husband spent so much time in the pub they should have got married there those 25 years ago instead of next door! (Just why is it that there is always a public house near to a Catholic Church)?

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43. I was there and witnessed him do it, through the Saxon’s neck with his sword single-handed

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44. She did not stint covering our expenses single-handedly for a number of years until I finally started to participate with my own meager earnings

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45. I was emptying the bottle single-handedly

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46. Selfishness has been ingrained in civilized societies for so many thousands of years: that trying to root it out single-handedly is a futile waste of energy

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47. Pericles almost managed to single-handedly improve the life of Athens as a polis…

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48. Dickens was single-handedly responsible for bringing back to England; the legend and myth of Christmas; and reinstating it as an important holiday… His short story was single-handedly responsible for spreading the evil of pure greed all over the world through the new invention of cheap mass produced books

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49. Diotrephes was a self-appointed apostle’ who wanted to take the lead single-handed in the Church

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50. Wherever a man today seeks to give single-handed leadership to God’s people, he stands in great danger of leading them back to Old Testament conditions spiritually

51. Without further ado I will leave you with the brilliant young woman, who has single-handedly given humanity its best chance for overturning the Code and bringing its masters to justice for their crimes against humanity!”

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52. This man had single-handedly helped him hold the Agency for Good together in the early traumatic years of its conception

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53. It wasn’t until he saw you single-handedly wipe out the Minotaurs that he knew how powerful you are though

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54. The woman who had single-handedly fought off numbers of Kankul soldiers in her lifetime

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55. He tossed the broom to the man with the box, who caught it single-handedly

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56. "I said, my good fellow, that I would do more single-handed by the means of gold than you and all your troop could effect with stilettos, pistols, carbines, and blunderbusses included

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57. Paul had a mentor, a man who had single-handedly ensured that Quinn + Scott jumped into the stratosphere, a man who took chartered flights and stayed in expensive hotel rooms thanks to Paul’s Centurion American Express card

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58. They even tried to make the men distemper large ceilings single-handed, and succeeded in one or two cases, but after several ceilings had been spoilt and had to be washed off and done over again, they gave that up: but nearly all the other work was now arranged on the `solitary system', and it worked splendidly: each man was constantly in a state of panic as to whether the others were doing more work than himself

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59. It has single-handedly wiped out tens of thousands of jobs

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60. He used to ride, single-handed, into the villages and the little towns on the Campo, driving a pack mule before him, with two revolvers in his belt, go straight to the shop or store, select what he wanted, and ride away unopposed because of the terror his exploits and his audacity inspired

61. His part, his inclination, and his policy were united in one endeavour to keep unchecked the flow of treasure he had started single-handed from the re-opened scar in the flank of the mountain

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62. The brilliant "Son Decoud," the spoiled darling of the family, the lover of Antonia and journalist of Sulaco, was not fit to grapple with himself single-handed

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63. Given how much damage Dreadnought had inflicted in her single-handed stand against the entire Western Squadron and Pawal Hahlynd’s Galley Fleet, sacrificing her to save less than half a dozen unarmored galleons had to be considered a questionable exchange

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64. She’s single-handedly rehabilitated you

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65. And she can single-handedly undo it

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66. Carnegie single-handedly established the steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which dominated the steel industry for decades

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67. “Well—we is taken finally because o’ Rackham’s Cowardice an’, our Ship bein’ batter’d by Hurricanoes, an’ damaged in the Riggin’ an’ the Masts, we is pursu’d by Pyrate-Chasers from Port Royal, an’ when the Bastards comes about to board us, Jack Rackham cowers in his Cabin like a Cowardly Dog! Mary an’ I mann’d the Decks alone—but O, brave as we was, we cannot take three Pyrate-Catchers single-handed! Carried to Jamaica in Chains we is, an’ there in Port Royal have the grandest Trial that e’er was seen since Cap’n Kidd was hang’d! A drunken Judge, lyin’ Witnesses, a drunken Barrister—all the Glories o’ British Justice! Why, when Mary an’ me says: ‘Milord, we pleads our Bellies’—the drunken Judge thinks we means to say ’tis Time fer Dinner! Fer yer British Judges is e’er attun’d to their Bellies an’ not to the Meat, as ’twere, o’ the Trial! When a Prisoner pleads her Belly, all the bloody Judge can think of is his own Mutton Roast!”

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68. He turned away from the President who seemed to have reached this decision single-handedly

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69. He’d been so sure that he could solve Europe’s problems single-handed that he decided he didn’t need any help or advice, and certainly not from his opponents

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70. Francis Joyon (France) sailed single-handedly 666

71. ” Single-handedly and inadvertently, Henry, a demoaccount trader for all of two weeks, had driven up the price of IAG, while all other gold stocks were going down

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72. “What could he have done single-handed against a man in the prime of life?”

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73. Tarzan, racking his brains for some means to cope single-handed with the infuriated beast, had suddenly recalled his battle with Terkoz; and as the great shoulders came clear of the window, so that the lioness hung upon the sill only by her forepaws, Tarzan suddenly released his hold upon the brute

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74. Barnabas had a huge twenty-pound iron club in his hand; grinding his teeth, and with eyes darting fire, he seemed capable of meeting single-handed the whole troop

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75. Next day the morning papers did not publish a solitary line about the great event; but in the advertising columns of every newspaper appeared the prospectus of the travelling circus just come to town, and in particularly bold type the public were told to be sure and see Yellow Hair, the savage man-eating lion, that had escaped the day before and killed a valuable horse in a private stable where it had been chased by the terrified keepers; and, in the paragraph below, the details followed of the wonderful strong man, Samson, who had caught and caged the lion single-handed, armed only with a crowbar

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