shears

Example Sentences

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I found the most beautiful, and still-sharp, Japanese sewing shears.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

If you don’t sew, don’t worry, she says, “you can cut them with pinking shears or use no-sew iron-on tape.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024

In the salvage yard Monday morning, workers disassembled the metal trusses by attacking them with propane torches and a pair of giant shears that sliced them into more manageable pieces.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2024

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

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023

Then she picked up the kitchen shears that her stepmother had left on the table and clipped away the uneven ends of her hair.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo