scissor
Example Sentences
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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
Johnny Depp, making another appearance in this book, plays the title character, “born” with scissors for hands, who comes down from his castle to live with the kindhearted Boggs family.
From Salon
Let the beef and pork render out until they shrink into these tender morsels encrusted with char, ready perhaps to be scissored right on the grill and dunked in sauce.
From Washington Post
“And on one occasion, Mr. Morris found scissors in the playpen.”
From Washington Post
In my own apartment, we have a magnetic paper towel holder, scissors that came with their own magnetic holster and a few magnetic hooks for potholders.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
