How to Use tweezers in a Sentence

tweezers

noun
  • If dust piles up the corners, use a pair of tweezers to get it out.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2021
  • In the event that this occurs, try to remove the mouth-parts using the tweezers.
    Serena Coady, SELF, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The process of adding gold flakes to the tip of the corn dog is a tedious task that involves a paintbrush and tweezers.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Use the special tweezers to remove each part from the game board before the buzzer sounds.
    Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2021
  • This also has curved tip tweezers and an open/close ring tool.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 3 May 2021
  • Instead, grasp the tick with tweezers as close to the head as possible.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2022
  • Brows can lose their fullness over the years, and your tweezers aren't entirely to blame.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 June 2022
  • So with the tweezers, apply steady and even pressure, but not too hard being careful not to crush it.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2022
  • Then disinfect your hands, the affected skin area and the tweezers.
    Rachel Trent, CNN, 12 July 2021
  • The 75 pieces include scissors, tweezers, vinyl gloves, gauze, bandaids and more all inside a hard case with a zipper.
    Hannah Drown, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The rotors, levers, and jewels are so tiny that the techs here use 25X magnifying loupes and work with tweezers.
    John Brodie, Town & Country, 14 June 2021
  • Use tweezers to carefully and steadily pull the tick off, grasping near its mouth or neck.
    Jen Christensen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Ticks should be removed with tweezers or a tick removal tool, taking care not to squeeze the tick as this can release pathogens.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 5 May 2022
  • Sohla’s sturdy 12-inch tweezers were a runaway hit, proving there’s no right or wrong tong.
    Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2020
  • If this does happen, remove the mouthparts with tweezers.
    Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2021
  • To remove the insect, the specialist used tweezers and a a suction device.
    Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • That often leaves parents to serve meals with tweezers and pick up droppings with turkey basters.
    Sarah E. Needleman and Salvador Rodriguez, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
  • On larger chips and those that already have a rust colony growing, use the splinter tweezers or a fine dental pick to flake off any loose paint.
    Paul Wright, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Upon searching the backpack, the officer found more syringes, a spoon with residue, a THC vape, glass pipe, scale and tweezers.
    John Benson, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Lasers can nudge proteins and beads, sort cells, and pluck molecules like tweezers, for instance.
    Max G. Levy, Wired, 12 Feb. 2021
  • To pluck, use the tweezers to grab one hair at a time (get as near to the base as of the hair as possible) and remove using one quick movement, in the direction of hair growth.
    Lee Kynaston, Robb Report, 18 July 2021
  • Before your start brushing on anything, clean out any loose debris and paint from inside the chip with your tweezers.
    Paul Wright, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Before the second coat dries down, reach for some tweezers to pull off the stickers as smoothly as possible.
    Allure, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Rick straightened the feathers, grooming them with a pin and tweezers, feather by feather.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 May 2021
  • The iFixit kit arrived with some tweezers, a screwdriver, plastic picks and a suction cup to remove the screen.
    New York Times, 25 May 2022
  • The tool also has tweezers that are wider, longer, and deeper to allow for the removal of shorter hair than waxing removes.
    Jennifer Blair, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Using the comb, tweezers or your hands, pull the gum out of the hair by holding the hair close to the head by your nondominant hand and use your dominant hand to pull the gum and oil off the end of the hair.
    Laura Wheatman Hill, chicagotribune.com, 14 Mar. 2021
  • Pull upward with the tweezers at an even rate to ensure the tick's body remains compact, not breaking off into pieces.
    Sarah Michels, The Enquirer, 13 June 2021
  • Instead, just stick to tweezers and monitor your health over the following days.
    Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 6 May 2022
  • Howe says to remove ticks from pets using tweezers while avoiding twisting or crushing the tick.
    Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2020

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