How to Use hands-off in a Sentence

hands-off

adjective
  • This is hands-off cooking at its finest.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
  • This is the most hands-off option on the list.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Whip up this hands-off dish for your next gathering.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025
  • More hands-off than ice, this technique lets the freezer do the work.
    — Ann Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Still, Akasha’s days as a hands-off drug boss in Hawaii were over.
    — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 22 May 2025
  • This method is mostly hands-off, as a lot of the work happens in the oven.
    — Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
  • On the plus side, the cooking process for a leg of lamb is fairly hands-off.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list.
    — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Excels at preparing large amounts of food in a hands-off way.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 June 2025
  • Instead, try to have a more hands-off approach in these areas.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • In the show, the hands-off rule is invoked, but not by Garrett.
    — Jennifer McClellan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
  • Passive, hands-off composting can take as long as a year.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Four hours of hands-off cook time fits the exact window most hosts need for other prep.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • When paired with our mostly hands-off oven-baked ribs, the sauce adds a fruity tang to each tender bite.
    — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • Choose recipes that are either hands-off or can be made ahead of time and heated when guests arrive.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Jan. 2026
  • While everyone was nice enough and ready to help when asked, the service is a bit more hands-off.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Cook the homemade sauce a day or two in advance, and the rest of the recipe is mostly hands-off.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 4 May 2023
  • Systems that plan and act autonomously cannot be treated as hands-off.
    — Kevin Thompson, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Luckily, a more hands-off approach tends to work well for people.
    — Cheyenne Devon, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This final simmer step is hands-off, and creates a window for a pre-meal breather.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s also another, even more hands-off approach that will get the job done.
    — Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Steam Steaming is a quick, gentle, hands-off method for cooking green beans.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Baked in the oven on a sheet pan, these catfish tacos are an easy hands-off way to get dinner on the table in flash.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Overnight Oats The most hands-off breakfast on this list, and one of the most adaptable.
    — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • How hands-off or hands-on was Jordan Peele as a producer?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Snyder is a hands-off lender, this person says, and has had no say in the making of or the release of the film.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • But the somewhat fluid, hands-off approach has led to problems in some instances.
    — Seamus Webster, Fortune, 10 June 2024
  • Elsewhere, the reality has been more hands-off.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Even though Chapman was an unproven new artist, the label took a hands-off approach.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Staff at the zoo were hands-off during the process to give Zuri a quiet space during childbirth.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024

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