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

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

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

With a buzz, the electric clippers switched on.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides