scissored

Example Sentences

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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

His team took the Pac-12 South, scissored USC’s long domination of that city rivalry, and won nine games for the first time in seven years.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2013

Winnie caught just a glimpse of it as it scissored away from shore.

From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit