stapler
Example Sentences
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Elsewhere in the warehouse, an authenticator uses a device smaller than a stapler to scan a Louis Vuitton tote to help determine whether the leather, stitching and branding are authentic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
Jim, on “The Office,” sticks Dwight’s stapler in Jell-O; Kenneth, on “30 Rock,” insists that he has to marry an envelope before he licks it.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
I watched for a while as “Elvis” star Austin Butler drifted with slow, inexorable determination toward Cruise, who finally pulled the younger man toward him by clamping a hand on his shoulder like a stapler.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
He sat down at the table with his tools — a pen, a stapler, some slips of paper — and put on his reading glasses.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022
A box of drawing pins, an old stapler, a tangled mess of paperclips, a pencil sharpener.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
