manhandle
verb (used with object)
to handle roughly.
had manhandled
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past perfectof manhandle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Djokovic had manhandled Medvedev in the Australian Open final in February.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
Indeed, the Yankees had manhandled the Senators for the better part of 40 years.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
For several days, he had manhandled his bulky rig of lights, camera and waterproof case.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2016
The man, Horace Muhammad, claimed that the police had manhandled him and that paramedics had mishandled his care before he got to the hospital.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
The very man to whom the Swede had tendered the runner's job, the man Newman had manhandled!
From The Blood Ship by Norman Springer
