pruner

Example Sentences

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Use a sharp knife, snips or bypass pruner to cut 3- to 6-inch-long pieces from firm, mature, non-woody stems.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Her mother works as a gardener and pruner in the Washington area.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2018

Chances are her arsenal includes a dinged-up trowel, a dull hand pruner and garden gloves with gaping holes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2016

"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2015

Yonder, beneath the high rock, the pruner shall sing to the breezes, Nor meanwhile shalt thy heart's delight, the hoarse wood-pigeons, Nor the turtle-dove cease to mourn from aerial elm-trees.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth