clipped

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

James had scored over Denver Nikola Jokic, but was clipped by the Nuggets center and fell hard onto the court, holding his left elbow.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

He clipped and pulled, drove and cut, with shots from the oldest textbook.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

The recent oil price spike, which has added around $10 a barrel to WTI crude over the past month, has also clipped around 10 percentage points from the odds of a June Fed rate cut.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Varney entered the ready room a few minutes before 0500 and went immediately into the clipped, faintly Oxonian accent that scraped across Bull’s eardrum like a nail.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy