- present tense form of shear (3rd person singular).
shears
Example Sentences
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I slipped on waterproof shoes, grabbed a pair of shears and, still in my pajamas, tiptoed down the grand staircase of the château and out onto the dewy grass of the garden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
If you don’t sew, don’t worry, she says, “you can cut them with pinking shears or use no-sew iron-on tape.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
That means buying fresh lobsters from your local market, boiling them and using kitchen shears to slice their shells from head to tail.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024
"I get the sheep shears on it for a mullet," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
She was snipping off the seedpods with a pair of shears.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
