clippers

Example Sentences

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As Carlos told it, his brother took the clippers, began to buzz, and in the harrowing tradition of at-home haircuts gone amok, somewhere along the way…

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 8, 2025

Crouched in cold mud under a thin Spring rain, vineyard employee Élodie Bonet snaps off unwanted vine shoots with her fingers and pruning clippers.

From BBC • May 25, 2025

In another photo, the fake-bald Stamos is holding hair clippers to Coulier's bald head.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Although they were a force in the 2016 and 2020 elections, the clippers have flooded social media in a way that feels more pronounced, probably because so many more of us are consuming media online.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

Even as they watched, one of the clippers was unfurling its sails, long rippling canvas streams swishing down into place on fast pulley systems.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi