How to Use clipper in a Sentence

clipper

noun
  • In time, hair clippers and binders would do the work of her gaze.
    Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Your stylist will have to break out the clippers for this one.
    Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2017
  • On the season, 13 Clippers have been thrown out at the plate.
    Branson Wright, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • Dieuguez snuck her a pair of old clippers and trained her as a dog groomer.
    Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • From the onset, Riri is sitting at the edge of the bed with some hair clippers in hand.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Not sure what kind of clipper or grinder will work best on your dog?
    Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Use clippers or scissors to cut the tomato off the plant above the bumpy part of the stem to avoid ripping the skin.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • That's because the storm, which is known as a clipper, will move through the area very quickly.
    Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The King Phillip, a clipper ship that wrecked just off Ocean Beach in 1878, can be spotted by land.
    Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2019
  • After using the clippers, Saraceno switched to shears to fine tune the cut.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, Mandel tried his best with the clippers to no avail.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Someone had climbed the telephone pole, with a pair of wire clippers, and cut all four telephone wires to the house.
    Win McCormack, The New Republic, 29 July 2019
  • The clipper itself has five adjustable functions for the comb from 0.8mm to 2.0mm.
    Tim Kohut, BGR, 17 May 2021
  • The Jazz beat the Clippers and will face the Warriors in the conference semifinals.
    Paul Doyle, courant.com, 1 May 2017
  • But my curls have never looked better, so for now, the clippers will stay in the drawer.
    WIRED, 19 June 2023
  • Today's clipper arrives with a light mix of rain and wet snow mixed in, with the best chance of a few slushy lawns and fields north of the Twin Cities.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The Clippers have four new players who were not on the roster last season.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2017
  • Now, with the emergence of this fun and youthful basketball team in Tuscaloosa, his clipper work is part of the show.
    Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • But don’t just impulse-buy a $20 set of clippers on Amazon.
    Aaron Stern, WSJ, 21 May 2020
  • You precision trim the path and drive edges with a toenail clipper.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2021
  • With the tea race, the core technology itself—the clipper ship—was short-lived.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • In the poor Mbare area, a barber used humming clippers to give haircuts to a steady stream of customers.
    Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Within a decade, the clippers had been largely eclipsed by steamships in global trade.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The shingles were cut from cardboard with a nail clipper and glued with a mixture of floor wax and nondairy creamer.
    Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Acord notes that a razor (versus sheers or a clipper), will allow your stylist to make sure the hair sits just right.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Not just the postman and the barber, but also the aspiring belly dancer, the night clipper, the cat looser, and all the rest.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 20 June 2018
  • The latest round of U.N. sanctions bans the supply of metal items, so that explains the clipper holdup.
    Matthew Pennington, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Nail grinders are also perfect for dogs with thick or dark nails that can be hard to trim with nail clippers.
    Lauren Corona, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
  • As their guests clapped and cheered, Jony proceeded to take a pair of clippers and buzz off Alistair's hair, while family and friends flocked over to place money around them on the floor.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Norwood has been cutting hair at Dennis' Barber Shop for over two decades, but his passion extends far beyond the reach of his clippers.
    Lataya Rothmiller, ABC News, 30 May 2024

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