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

The pulmonologist sent a fibreoptic bronchoscope - a tiny camera with forceps - down her airway.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

Their baby, a girl, was delivered by forceps at the end of June.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri