pincers
Example Sentences
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Troops advanced in a pincers movement, attacking from the southwest and northeast, reaching at times the two roads.
From New York Times
As Russian pincers were closing on the city, a presidential aide warned last week that the military could “strategically pull back” if needed.
From Seattle Times
They return with pincers gripping dead young ants to feed the settlement.
From New York Times
Mr. Gorbachev soon found himself caught between the pincers of established glasnost and delayed perestroika.
From New York Times
I had leveled its stems with scissors, pinched its buds with my pincers and hung it upside down like a trapeze artist without a net.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
