pincers

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.

Agility’s Digit robot, with its rectangular eyes and pincers for hands, looks a little more like science fiction and a little less like a human replacement.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

No claws, or pincers, but four fingers and a thumb opening and closing slowly, with joints in all the right places.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Robot arms tend to be equipped with two- or three-pronged pincers or with suction cups.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

As Russian pincers were closing on the city, a presidential aide warned last week that the military could “strategically pull back” if needed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

But she had named it Zerubabel, and it had held its little pincers so prettily.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt