pruner

Example Sentences

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Use sharp snips or bypass pruner to make a clean cut that looks tidy and closes up quickly.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Newhouse maneuvered an extendable pole pruner around a branch; with a pull of a string, the blade snapped shut, and the bag fell.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

Chances are her arsenal includes a dinged-up trowel, a dull hand pruner and garden gloves with gaping holes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2016

"He was nice but he was depressed," said Eugene Hernandez, a tree pruner staying at the shelter.

From Reuters • Mar. 23, 2015

Well," says Mitch, "Willie Wallace that time cut a gash in a tree with the pruner while handlin' it and settin' it out.

From Mitch Miller by Sloan, John