clippers

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

As Carlos told it, his brother took the clippers, began to buzz, and in the harrowing tradition of at-home haircuts gone amok, somewhere along the way…

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 8, 2025

He is meticulously cutting a member of staff's hair with a pair of clippers, and says the good time credit scheme has made him feel positive about his time in prison.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025

In another photo, the fake-bald Stamos is holding hair clippers to Coulier's bald head.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Out in the distance, the clippers were sailing.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi