pincers

Example Sentences

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Strong "gorilla" pincers are used for picking up heavier boxes or, for more delicate items, a suction device can be used.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

I got up, put on the wristwatches, the binaurals, and the gel pincers, and stepped onto the treadmill without the visor.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

“Even though only about fifteen atoms were involved, they kept falling out of the awkward pincers set up to hold them.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee