scissor
Example Sentences
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I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Matthew Baraniak was on work release in 2019 when he was killed at a Pennsylvania heavy machinery service center while operating a scissor lift.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2024
Today she reaches the peak of her canvases by riding a scissor lift, which sits behind her worktable, its metal bars speckled with globs of paint in many different colors.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
