clippers

Example Sentences

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Expertly crafted clippers for his Saturday morning ritual of shaping hedges and deadheading blooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

And you learned that thanks to the clippers.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Even a small cut from shared nail clippers risks infection, data show.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

Tidings’s voice drummed up the stairs, sounding as commanding as General Robert E. Lee’s at Gettysburg: “It’s nine o’clock! Visitation’s at three! Let’s move-move-move! Where are the hedge clippers, Mama?”

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles