How to Use razor blade in a Sentence

razor blade

noun
  • Use a razor blade or utility knife to trim excess film along the edges.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Here's how to quickly remove latex paint from glass with a razor blade.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • When the patch cures slightly but is still rubbery, slice off the excess with a razor blade.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • One was snapped in a Victor trap in the garage during the night, its neck sliced by the razor blade.
    — Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • For really baked-on food, use a razor blade scraper to remove the mess.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The 36-year-old raised a knife or a razor blade towards the 32-year-old man.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • During his first week behind bars, Ford tried to kill himself with a razor blade.
    — Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Or scrape with a single-edge razor blade held at a 45-degree angle or less.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The difference between success and failure is right on the edge of a razor blade.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • One of the researchers then took the skin (which was fitted around a mannequin’s arm) and sliced into it with a razor blade.
    — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Gently slide the scraper or razor blade along the surface of the plastic and scrape off the layers of spray paint.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Cavalcante had a razor blade in his backpack when he was captured this week, Clark said.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Scrape off as much as possible, using a razor blade held as flat as possible to the surface.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Get a thick, black Sharpie marker and cut a very shallow groove in the tip with a razor blade or utility knife.
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
  • After trussing the man to his bed, Clement slashed his stomach with a razor blade, slit his throat and cut out part of his tongue.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • It has been celebrated in particular for one shot in which a man runs a razor blade across a woman’s eye.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
  • If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • If large stuck-on food chunks remain, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade, being mindful not to scratch the stovetop.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In the salon, my hairstylist grabbed a razor blade to give my hair some texture and get rid of the extra weight that had been dragging me down.
    — Sarah Felbin, SELF, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Inside were a razor blade, three handcuff keys, and a security bit, a device used to fasten fixtures.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The emergency operation was a success, and Charlie no longer has a razor blade in his body.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Spread a little cleaner on the spill, then scrape it off with a single-edge razor blade held at a 45-degree angle to the surface.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • And for particularly stubborn stains, carefully scrape them off with a razor blade.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Police said the suspects, strangers to the victim, got into an argument with him, then tried to steal his property as one of them pulled a razor blade.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The preferred method is to use a fresh razor blade to open up the seam slightly or, in the case of the bubble, make a slice along the side to open it up enough to get in adhesive.
    — Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • It cannot be trivialized — or overshadowed — by random references to razor blade theft from a drugstore.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Unlike a traditional electric razor, a head shaver gets as close to the head as possible without using a razor blade.
    — Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There were no computers, nothing digital on The Charmer, says Lewis, just a razor blade and tape.
    — Tina Eves, SPIN, 4 May 2026
  • Cooper was stabbed at Calipatria and attacked in a county jail by inmates who slit his throat with a razor blade in 2019.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2024
  • In 2012 a defendant in the final stages of a murder trial whipped out a razor blade and slashed the cheek of his then-defense lawyer in front of the jury.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023

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