scissors

Example Sentences

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The spaghetti is then cut with a pair of scissors, making it seem as though the patron is wearing a wig made out of pasta.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

Katherine Mansfield could write wonderful lines such as: “The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Just this week, the northern Kano state said it had ordered an investigation into the death of a woman four months after doctors left a pair of scissors in her stomach following surgery.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

The same thing happens in November, leading to a runoff decided by a communal game of rock, paper, scissors.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

I scrambled off the desk and straightened up, still clutching the scissors.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu