scissored

Example Sentences

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The puck kicked slowly back to Kochetkov and he swiped it into his leg pads and scissored them shut before Sprong could pounce.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022

Or do you have higher expectations: hand stripping for a terrier, a scissored haircut or a sculpted trim?

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

Far from the young actor who combed his thinning hair over the crown, until one night two friends scissored it off and a noble skull was revealed.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2020

“There was no water protection at all. At the end of six months, it was scissored and trashed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2016

He gestured down to Fezzik, who scissored the man in black between his legs, began the arm climb noiselessly.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman