forceps

Example Sentences

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By gently pulling apart the fillets with forceps and using a dissecting microscope, the team was able to count them accurately.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Never mind all the newborns rolled out and swaddled like Christmas tamales, or the forceps deliveries that resemble tooth extractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Instead, treatment involves removing the visible eggs and larvae from the wound with forceps and applying a larvae-targeting pesticide.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2025

A cutdown involves an incision, then the use of forceps to pull tissue away from an interior vein.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024

The major was unhooking the forceps now, dropping them in a basin.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway