scissored

Example Sentences

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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 • Apr. 17, 2023

That same year, she was cast as Meryl Streep’s daft mother in the film “Heartburn,” also directed by Nichols, but her part — poised to mark her breakout — was scissored from the final version.

From Seattle Times • May 1, 2021

Cody Kunkler scissored between traffic cones like the sure-footed senior he is.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2019

“There was no water protection at all. At the end of six months, it was scissored and trashed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2016

He gestured down to Fezzik, who scissored the man in black between his legs, began the arm climb noiselessly.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman