2004, Randy D. Smith, Sunday's Colt and Other Stories of the Old West, Lightning drew in on his tail and I gave my lariat a side-handed pitch.
2014, Lee Thomas, Butcher's Road, With a motion so smooth and fast Marco could barely track it, the man at his side whipped the metal bar in a side-handed toss.
2015, Gordon L. Rottman & ‎Johnny Shumate, The Hand Grenade, A sideways or side-handed throw may be necessary to avoid obstacles, toss it into a small opening, or throw it around a corner of a building or trench angle.
1967, Harlan Ellison, Dangerous Visions, Mallory tensed, and as the policeman passed the door, he stepped out, brought his hand over and down in a side-handed blow to the base of the neck that had every ounce of power in his shoulders behind it.
1983, Stephen King, Pet Sematary, It was a clumsy, side-handed, chopping blow, but Louis was unprepared for it.
2014, Barbara Delinsky, Secret Promises, She'd been poised to deliver another side-handed slice to Mouse's head, and only with reluctance did she lower her arm and move back.
1869, William Makepeace Thackeray, A Legend of the Rhine, When she appeared again, she made some side-handed inquiries regarding Otto (with that gentle artifice oft employed by women); but he was gone.
2007, Sherry Lee Hoppe & ‎Bruce W. Speck, Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils, When he says about his wife of more than fifty years, "Whatever Maxine wants, Maxine gets," he's not making a side-handed comment about their marriage.
2010, Robert Hastings, Back When Mary Alice Was Still a Blonde, Elba Rae Van Oaks — in her quest to capture the elusive Laveetra — had not entertained the possibility of a sensible conversation with her aunt, who did not appear poised to disappoint, but neither had she expected a side-handed accolade.
(UK, of a baton or nightstick) Expanding.
1993, Great Britain Parliament House of Lords, The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Official Report, ... with side-handed or expanding batons, so as to provide police officers with better protection against assaults by criminals.
Aug 22, 1996, Force is the only one willing to follow English lead in use of canisters Grampian may arm officers with CS spray, However, Strathclyde has always said that, while it has stepped up security for officers, through the introduction of ``quick cuffs, side-handed batons, and knife-resistant vests, CS sprays were not on its ``menu.
6/14/2015, Colin Brown, Howard to approve longer police baton: Home Secretary urges more effective protection, Michael Howard will be given a demonstration of the use of the extended baton and the more controversial side-handed baton at the Home Office.
1972, Colorado Game and Fish Department, Colorado Outdoors - Volumes 21-22, Wading upstream, it was obvious I would have to cast side-handed and under-handed, with an occasional bow-and-arrow "shot."
2013, Sean O'Connor, Growing Up So High: A Liberties Boyhood, I could see Tom in the Bisto mirror on the wall as he took a bottle off the shelf side-handed without breaking stride, and placed it on the counter.
2014, Rob Volver, Guns 'n Money, I pull the pin and lob the explosive side-handed into the room.
1992, Kenneth Royce, Exchange of Doves, As the gunman spluttered, Towler continued the momentum of his hand to catch the man side-handed in the windpipe and, with his other hand, struck him hard in the crotch.
