scissor
Example Sentences
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I had just got off the scissor lift and then you said you were supposed to paint the wall, but got too busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
Not even 180 seconds on the clock, and he connected with a ball seven, eight, or nine feet in the air - depending on who you ask - to scissor kick Scotland into the lead.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
It was a revolutionary car, with scissor doors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
A grounds crew member wheeled out a scissor lift after about 20 minutes, then waited for a beekeeper to arrive as fans in the sections behind home plate were cleared out for safety.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2024
When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
