manhandle
verb (used with object)
to handle roughly.
manhandled
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past participleof manhandle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof manhandle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
manhandleverb (used with object)to handle roughly.
Example Sentences
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He never forgot how Warner Bros. manhandled his debut feature, “THX 1138” and was driven to muscle “Graffiti” into existence to spite the suits who said he couldn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
On Friday, Syed Wajid Ali Shah Gillani, president of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, alleged in a video statement that police manhandled the couple before arresting them.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
And for crucial stretches of the game, including during a 13-1 run that turned a deficit into an insurmountable lead, backup center Mitchell Robinson manhandled the wispier Wembanyama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
It became a protest story when federal immigration officers took the mayor of New Jersey's largest city into custody and manhandled three members of Congress in the process.
From Salon ● May 13, 2025
She'd eaten this woman's food and manhandled her son—she was in no position to argue.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
