paper clip
Example Sentences
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Channeling the fictional 1980s secret agent MacGyver, he unwound the paper clip and stuck it in his TV’s coaxial port to get a signal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
After a few weeks, Webb had read it and stuck a paper clip — about 500 in all — over every passage that might offend the higher-ups.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025
For example, when you bend a paper clip which is made of aluminum, the movement of dislocations inside the paper clip accommodates the shape change.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
He made a cellphone holder, a paper clip box and a toolbox out of steel — items he still uses to this day.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
"Looks like a bent paper clip on a string," I say, and Freak tells me to shut up and follow orders.
From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
