SCISSORS in a Sentence
Learn SCISSORS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
25 example sentences for SCISSORS, such as:
1. The scissors slashed his finger open.
2. Don't use these scissors to cut paper or card.
3. She took a pair of scissors and cut the string.
4. Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material.
5. Never poke a finger or scissors into an electric socket.
2. Don't use these scissors to cut paper or card.
3. She took a pair of scissors and cut the string.
4. Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material.
5. Never poke a finger or scissors into an electric socket.
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Meanings and Examples of SCISSORS
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scissors
n. a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move
n. a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 Mr. Bounderby sat looking at her, as, with the points of a stiff, sharp pair of scissors, she picked out holes for some inscrutable ornamental purpose, in a piece of cambric.
2 He will sit poring over his book, and not know when a person speaks to him, or when one drop's one's scissors, or anything that happens.
3 To complain of cold in sitting out of doors, hatless and coatless, while Fairway told true stories between the cuts of the scissors, would have been to pronounce yourself no man at once.
4 The lens discloses a large number of hair-ends, clean cut by the scissors of the barber.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
5 But what you are really looking for is the centre page of the Times with some holes cut in it with scissors.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
Context Highlight In Chapter 4. Sir Henry Baskerville
6 You have also, no doubt, remarked that Miss Cushing has cut the cord with a scissors, as can be seen by the double fray on each side.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Context Highlight In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
7 They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the air with their scissors; and sewed with needles without any thread in them.
8 The collar was a little jagged at the edge, and so came the long scissors to cut off the jagged part.
9 "I know it," said the scissors.
10 There was nothing to do but to bring out the scissors and cut the beard, whereby a small part of it was lost.
11 She was busy with needle and scissors, altering a mourning dress that Mrs. Elsing had lent to Mrs. Meade.
12 Melanie, strangely quick for one so recently in a faint, was rapidly cutting off his blood-soaked shirt with embroidery scissors.
13 Madame Ratignolle folded her sewing, placing thimble, scissors, and thread all neatly together in the roll, which she pinned securely.
14 Eliza turned to the glass, and the scissors glittered as one long lock after another was detached from her head.
15 She saw their sashes untied, their hair pulled about their ears, their work-bags searched, and their knives and scissors stolen away, and felt no doubt of its being a reciprocal enjoyment.
Example Sentence:
1 Don't use these scissors to cut paper or card.
2 She took a pair of scissors and cut the string.
3 Using sharp scissors, make a small cut in the material.
4 Never poke a finger or scissors into an electric socket.
5 The scissors slashed his finger open.
6 Most types of scissors are not particularly sharp; it is primarily the shearing between the two blades which cuts.