Example sentences for: handheld

How can you use “handheld” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Then there's the added insult to untreated ER waiting-room injury of having to watch these Satanic sentimental TV spots for various HMOs, featuring grainy handheld pseudo-documentary sepia-tone footage of some hypothetical multi-ethnic customer base (elderly black grandmothers on rocking chairs with blankets draped over their knees and beaming Asian-American 6-year-olds on swing sets always seem to make an appearance) while muted piano music plays and some studio-musician faux-gospel vocalist breathily intones the company slogan/musical sound bite, informing us all "(Insert Name of HMO here) ...

  • The detection system used in the present report is a tabletop instrument that serves as a prototype for a fully portable handheld model, which is now under development.

  • (Much as I love my Hewlett-Packard Jornada handheld, I'd prefer a machine with a slightly better word processor, for which I would happily sacrifice something else.)

  • (See Clint remedy the situation with a handheld mortar above.)

  • (Coming soon: White House officials able to locate your precise up-to-the-minute contribution record using a handheld wireless device.)


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