How to Use clipper in a Sentence

clipper

noun
  • There are archival records about what a clipper looked like.
    — Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Your stylist will have to break out the clippers for this one.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 1 Sep. 2017
  • In time, hair clippers and binders would do the work of her gaze.
    — Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • Not sure what kind of clipper or grinder will work best on your dog?
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Dieuguez snuck her a pair of old clippers and trained her as a dog groomer.
    — Birmingham Magazine, AL.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Their clippers act as tools to help people get off the streets.
    — Kara St. Cyr, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Junior grabbed a hair clipper, held her against the bed and shaved her head.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The more a clip goes viral, the more money the clipper makes.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Thick nails don’t stand a chance against this powerful nail clipper.
    — ELLE, 1 July 2022
  • And no matter what, please, please keep those toenail clippers at home!
    — Jonas Downey, Quartz at Work, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Junior grabbed a hair clipper, held his girlfriend against the bed and shaved her head.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The stylists, mostly men, are called clippers or fitters.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Use clean, sharp hand clippers, loppers, or pruning saws to make smooth cuts.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • The clipper storm brings the prospect of a combination of rain and some snow.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • On the season, 13 Clippers have been thrown out at the plate.
    — Branson Wright, cleveland.com, 30 June 2017
  • Meanwhile, Mandel tried his best with the clippers to no avail.
    — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2023
  • At his new prison, inmates can buy their own razors and nail clippers from the canteen.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • But my curls have never looked better, so for now, the clippers will stay in the drawer.
    — WIRED, 19 June 2023
  • Within a decade, the clippers had been largely eclipsed by steamships in global trade.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • From the onset, Riri is sitting at the edge of the bed with some hair clippers in hand.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The artwork goes beyond paintings of seascapes and clipper ships.
    — Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The Clippers have four new players who were not on the roster last season.
    — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • After using the clippers, Saraceno switched to shears to fine tune the cut.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 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
  • One unique feature of OneNote's web clipper is a highlighter.
    — PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
  • With the tea race, the core technology itself—the clipper ship—was short-lived.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024

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