Example Sentences

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She told them to put on the vision-distorting glasses, and to write with their nondominant hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

So as never to do anything rote, she painted with her nondominant left hand.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024

Like writing backward, using my nondominant hand opened a different compartment in my brain.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

Generally, this prompt is meant to help the watch run the correct fitness tracking algorithms, depending on whether you wear your device on your dominant or nondominant hand.

From The Verge • Jul. 27, 2022

The expression of an allele can be dominant, for which the activity of this gene will mask the expression of a nondominant, or recessive, allele.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013