shears

Example Sentences

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Instead the final four candidates for the job were a range of eager submissives, each straining to appear enthusiastic to pick up the pruning shears and start cutting rates by the bunch:

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

As our planet’s atmosphere warms, wind shears — variations in wind direction or speed — within jet streams are increasing and therefore strengthening clear-air turbulence.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

He was always great with the shears, whatever the generational style shifts, and his regulars included women.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2024

Citizen scientists are the eyes, ears and pruning shears of TACF.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

My embroidery hoops and a pair of pinking shears in an oilcloth sheath hung around my neck, threatening myself and others in the push and shove.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver