How to Use clipping in a Sentence

clipping

noun

• Mow lawns frequently but don't catch the clippings. 19.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
• This year, spice up your favorite summer standbys with clippings from your herb garden.
  — Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2018
• Franklin Park residents whose grass clippings end up in the street may get a lot more than a slap on the wrist this summer.
  — Anna Bybee-Schier, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
• Framed newspaper clippings and covers of Locke’s books hang in the foyer.
  — Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
• Newspaper clippings or photo copies just don't reproduce well enough for a glossy coffee table book.
  — Mark Katches, OregonLive.com, 1 June 2018
• The rule is simple: use a green mulch, i.e. grass clippings or straw, on annuals and brown mulches such as last fall's leaves on perennials, and around trees and shrubs.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2018
• Patient and helpful archivists showed me their musty basement records room and helped me search stacks of old newspaper clippings and files of photos.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• Although, be warned, the grassy green certainly isn’t for everyone, with a strong earthiness that some compare to lawn clippings.
  — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 16 May 2018
• Cats with long hair, or those who can no longer groom themselves adequately, are especially in need of professional clipping.
  — Dr. Patty Khuly, miamiherald, 31 May 2018
• Beneath it, however, stuck out her wet bare feet covered in grass clippings and a graceful sweep of Jake’s beautiful, bushy tail that hung motionless next to her legs.
  — Lauren Ritchie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
• The plan will see horticulturalists plant clippings from Stumpy's living parts on the Arboretum's grounds.
  — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
• Over the past 18 months, volunteers have gone through Quinn’s scrapbooks, page by page, digitizing the clippings and preserving the originals.
  — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
• Zane rarely comments about his clipping from the Voice of the West.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• All the mowers in the test mulch (discharge the clippings into the grass) and bag.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
• The arborists are now in the midst of a monthslong process to grow new roots from the clippings.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
• The mulching plug forces the clippings to stay in the cutting chamber to get finely chopped.
  — Dallas News, 5 Mar. 2020
• Keep the area around your home free from debris, such as leaf piles, mulch, and grass clippings.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024
• In one position, the door is open and clippings flow into the bag.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
• The pet owner will decide what kind of urn, clay or ink paw prints or fur clippings the choose.
  — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Next, use a putty knife to scrape loose any caked-on grass clippings from the underside of the deck.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 11 Sep. 2019
• Dog grooming, for instance, no longer means a flea bath and a clipping.
  — Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 4 July 2018
• Large glass bulbs, now containing clippings of a pothos plant, hang here and there.
  — Annie Correal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
• The latch for the collection bag often gets clogged with clippings.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
• Most mulching mowers will come with a bag that gives you the option to collect grass clippings.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Maybe the clipping was happening at only the first gain stage.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2023
• The Sun Joe comes with a 13.2-gallon grass bag to collect clippings to prevent thick thatch build-up.
  — Brandon Russell, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
• Use light layers of clippings so water and air can reach plant roots.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• Dispose of all clippings, leaves and petals around the base of the plant to get rid of dormant spores of fungi and over-wintering pests.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Do not dispose of grass clippings or leaves in or near a waterway.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2023
• On another page, a closeup of his swollen face, where a trickle of blood seeped from the ears, clippings of grass stuck to his white skin.
  — Liz Arnold, Longreads, 11 July 2018

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2024