scissors
Example Sentences
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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.
Johnny Depp, making another appearance in this book, plays the title character, “born” with scissors for hands, who comes down from his castle to live with the kindhearted Boggs family.
From Salon
“As you can see, the machines and tools are our hands, needles and scissors, and it can be stressful,” Serrano explained.
From Seattle Times
The scientists attached this tag to protein toxins and the gene-editing enzyme Cas9, a large molecular scissors that snips DNA at a location specified by a molecule that guides the scissors to the right place.
From Scientific American
Then the harshest juncture of every March Madness began, those Elite Eight moments when the winning side climbs ladders with scissors while the losing team exits to begin coping with the what-ifs.
From Washington Post
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