- comparative of trim.
trimmer
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When she refuses, Spears grabs the trimmer and clicks it on: “The extensions are hacked into lifeless scraps … the stray hairs curl on the floor like writhing snakes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Men with enormous beards that have never known the touch of a trimmer.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Hernandez, 37, appears fit and trim — perhaps fitter and trimmer than in his last few years with Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
But this week critics accused Mr Hennessy of making the 77-year-old in the Miami courtroom look far younger and trimmer than he really is.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Then she turned the electric hedge trimmer off and said, “I’m afraid you’re going to have to say that again. I’m a little deaf.”
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
The city sent trimmers to get to work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
He encouraged residents to make their homes as fire-resistant as possible, getting out the weed trimmers, clearing roofs of leaves and digging under decks for dead vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
For example, at Share Bristol - A Library of Things, instead of borrowing books you can borrow sanders, hedge trimmers and popcorn makers amongst other items you're unlikely to use everyday.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
But purveyors of men’s shaving and personal grooming equipment are not hurting—market analysis from June 2022 indicates that instead of razors, men are now instead investing more in electric trimmers.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 7, 2023
Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
