scissors
Example Sentences
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She remained in custody Wednesday afternoon, it said, noting officers had seized a pair of scissors at the scene.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
The Met said it was believed to have been a mental health-related incident and that a pair of scissors had been recovered at the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
She folded the paper and tried to tear it as neatly as possible when she wasn’t allowed scissors to make a logo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Grabbing mighty scissors, he cuts and rejiggers Homer and a bit of Virgil to transform these classical texts into his type of tale: one fixated on memory, self-identity, destructive genius and the slippage of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
And his haircut looked like somebody had put a large bowl on his head and cut around it with scissors.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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