How to Use clipping in a Sentence

clipping

noun

• Zane rarely comments about his clipping from the Voice of the West.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• Don’t use lawn clippings if the lawn was mowed when weeds were in seed.
  — OregonLive.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• All the mowers in the test mulch (discharge the clippings into the grass) and bag.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
• Not a link, a real, hold-in-your-hands-and-read clipping.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2018
• All tree or shrub clippings need to be cleaned up and disposed of in a bin.
  — Yvette Yrrea Moe, Ramona Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2017
• 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
• This can be dealt with by turning the pile of clippings to aerate it.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2017
• 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
• Nathan then had to sort through years and years of files, clippings, boxes of letters.
  — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
• 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
• But many of the news clippings and tweets peppered in the margins date from after the conclusion of the project.
  — Emma Green, The Atlantic, 6 Aug. 2017
• Dog grooming, for instance, no longer means a flea bath and a clipping.
  — Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 4 July 2018
• First, rinse off the vinyl fence with the hose to remove loose dust, grass clippings, and other debris.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
• Large glass bulbs, now containing clippings of a pothos plant, hang here and there.
  — Annie Correal, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2019
• The pile heats up, and the clippings decompose quickly.
  — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• 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
• On Tuesday, Kiffin got a glimpse of how the players could get too caught up in their press clippings.
  — Shandel Richardson, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• 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
• The fact that the infection is contained to boxwood clippings and not whole plants is good news, Long said.
  — Joe Tamborello, Indianapolis Star, 18 Dec. 2017
• But in the National Football League, Kadri could have been called for clipping.
  — Mike Hart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2018
• 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
• Jughead then takes a look at his wall of article clippings and has an epiphany.
  — Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 10 May 2018
• The mulcher did an excellent job reducing the volume of grass clippings and chopped up the leaves very effectively.
  — Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Dec 2024