scissor
Example Sentences
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"I usually use a scissor lift, where you can stand back and see things as a whole, but I couldn't use it as the land is too uneven," he explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
It was a revolutionary car, with scissor doors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2025
Today she reaches the peak of her canvases by riding a scissor lift, which sits behind her worktable, its metal bars speckled with globs of paint in many different colors.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
