snip

Example Sentences

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Feeling “unease at seeing history being ‘snipped and clipped and disappeared,’” he dubbed his process “guerrilla teaching.”

From Salon

They are quick to snip losses and quick to take profits.

From Barron's

This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.

From Salon

Very carefully he reached up with the scissors and snipped at a curl.

From Literature

“Yes,” said Janie, and with a final snip, she freed the shiny paper boy.

From Literature