snips
Example Sentences
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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.
From Scientific American
Once he sees the finished garment, if he’s uncertain about anything, like a month’s worth of tedious aari work, he takes a pair of scissors and snips it off.
From New York Times
There, he snips and stitches with a bowed head and delicate, precisely articulated movements that express the beauty and grace of Rylance’s art.
From New York Times
“It snips away little bits at a time until you notice you’re in worse financial shape.”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
