clipped
Example Sentences
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She has never clipped her children’s toenails—too anxious for that, she said, so the nanny handles it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
And Banda struck him out on a fastball that barely clipped the outside corner — and was initially called a ball, before a successful ABS challenge by Twins catcher Victor Caratini.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Conway played drives through the covers and down the ground, Latham clipped off his pads.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
My daughter is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Clover, and for the past couple of months, she’s had clipped to her collar an A.I. communication device known as the PetPhone.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
I was lifted from the cage and felt the plastic collar clipped around my neck.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing clipped
"Caged Bird" by Maya Angelou
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