How to Use splice in a Sentence
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Toss the eye splice over the limb and position the rope.
— Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2019 -
The coaching staff spliced a clip of the barrage and emailed it to Martinez.
— Don Norcross, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Oct. 2017 -
The third appears to splice her into a frame from an adult video.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2023 -
His slider spliced the thick air for big swings and misses.
— Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 19 July 2019 -
The shoes and bags are displayed in a meat case spliced with a vintage dresser.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2019 -
The video splices clips of the high-speed races with videos of the performer singing along to the lyrics, and appearances from the UK DJ himself.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023 -
Around the middle of the show, a pink ombré blouse came out with Manson’s face spliced across it.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2018 -
It’s spliced with footage of them in the forest, laying among the foliage, digging their hands in the dirt.
— Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023 -
But out here between the smog and the concrete, a seed spliced with Google genes has found fertile soil.
— Matt Sheehan, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2019 -
The show doesn’t just splice its luxurious scenes at The Pynk with shots of hardship in the Delta.
— Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2020 -
Cutting and splicing the genome could be a great deal cheaper than using scalpels and lasers on the body.
— The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017 -
Cropped, spliced and given faux fur cuffs, new life was breathed into the fabric.
— Georgia Murray, refinery29.com, 21 Feb. 2020 -
The custom home sits on more than four acres and sports a dramatic façade of glass walls spliced with steel beams.
— Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 9 Feb. 2018 -
The video ends with the show’s catchy theme song, including new shots of the cast spliced with archive footage from the original show.
— Kate Hogan, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018 -
If so, the men spliced their visions in using a lifetime's worth of flashbacks as Scotch tape.
— Lorraine Ali, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019 -
If so, the men spliced their visions in using a lifetime’s worth of flashbacks as Scotch tape.
— Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 14 July 2019 -
Jurek split the back of the vest down the middle and spliced in some of the leftover pocket mesh, to make the carrier wide enough to hold in her son.
— Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019 -
Dion Lee spliced low rise bootcut jeans The contrast stitching on these low rise jeans from Dion Lee sets them apart from the rest.
— Porter Simmons, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2023 -
Some studies have shown that the gene editing goes awry once in a while, splicing incorrect places in the genome.
— Time, 6 Aug. 2019 -
Murch shared the evolution of the montage and splice through cinema.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Mar. 2024 -
The video ended with the show's catchy theme song, including new shots of the cast spliced with archive footage from the original show.
— Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023 -
The album is paced to flow like an old-school LP, with 12 songs in 42 minutes, splicing straight-for-the-jugular songs with detours and in-jokes.
— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023 -
These are not just little pretty things, but rather dresses for strong women spliced with a touch of lace.
— Steff Yotka, Vogue, 25 June 2018 -
Many of the works are spliced together from cut rolls of paper, with their jagged, curling edges exposed.
— Grace Edquist, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Living up to its name, the video ends with the five members jumping, or flying, high in the air, spliced with shots of them igniting the night with bright sparklers.
— Tamar Herman, Billboard, 16 May 2018 -
The video splices steamy moments of realistic WeHo scenes with clips of the singer dancing on stage.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2023 -
In the clip, the two take turns rapping in a garage near an SUV, while scenes of Carti showering a dancer with money are spliced throughout.
— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Between spliced footage of kids running and doing jumping jacks, Obama makes a cameo on the White House lawn, tossing around the old pigskin.
— Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018 -
It’s presented as an option, not spliced in there suddenly as the default.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024 -
TikTok users have popularized uploading full movies to the short-form video platform by splicing them up several minutes at a time.
— Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 17 Nov. 2023
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Each splice plate has more than 200 holes drilled into it.
— Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2021 -
The splice in the tape, skipping from the last concert in March 2020 to the first in October, makes emotional sense on one level.
— al, 29 Oct. 2021 -
Serve hot with cinnamon sticks and lemon splice for garnish.
— Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021 -
Go for a strapless suit with a splice in the center or pick a one-piece with a larger cutout in the center for a flattering effect.
— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 May 2022 -
Pascual was joined by Ricky Waters and Robert West in using a pneumatic-powered grinder to remove the primer from the marked area of the splice plates and fill plates.
— Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2021 -
To solve the problem, an overlapping splice plate was fashioned to connect this one section on the bulkhead.
— Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023 -
Braid does not work well with a uni splice, as its skinny profile and slick coating tend to cause the knots to over-tighten and slip through instead of jamming.
— Popular Science, 3 Mar. 2021 -
Key to Kellermann's discovery of the bug was his use of the Linux function splice to move data from one file to another.
— Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 -
When a splice of the viral video was played during the September 21 taping of the daytime TV show, Whoopi appeared speechless.
— Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Another form of web weaving—fanvids, or video edits—splices together media clips to highlight thematic through lines.
— Vivian Lam, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023 -
Each splice plate has more than 200 holes drilled into it.
— Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2021 -
The splice in the tape, skipping from the last concert in March 2020 to the first in October, makes emotional sense on one level.
— al, 29 Oct. 2021 -
Serve hot with cinnamon sticks and lemon splice for garnish.
— Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021 -
Go for a strapless suit with a splice in the center or pick a one-piece with a larger cutout in the center for a flattering effect.
— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 4 May 2022 -
Pascual was joined by Ricky Waters and Robert West in using a pneumatic-powered grinder to remove the primer from the marked area of the splice plates and fill plates.
— Noel Oman, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2021 -
To solve the problem, an overlapping splice plate was fashioned to connect this one section on the bulkhead.
— Andrew Zaleski, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2023 -
Braid does not work well with a uni splice, as its skinny profile and slick coating tend to cause the knots to over-tighten and slip through instead of jamming.
— Popular Science, 3 Mar. 2021 -
Key to Kellermann's discovery of the bug was his use of the Linux function splice to move data from one file to another.
— Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2022 -
When a splice of the viral video was played during the September 21 taping of the daytime TV show, Whoopi appeared speechless.
— Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2022 -
Another form of web weaving—fanvids, or video edits—splices together media clips to highlight thematic through lines.
— Vivian Lam, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
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