How to Use scissor in a Sentence

scissor

1 of 2 noun
  • What the divers can’t pull away by hand is cut with scissors.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Then Wyle can open the uterus with scissors.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Put down the dye and scissors and back away slowly.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Use scissors or pinch young inner leaves at the base.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Use clean, sharp scissors or pruners, and cut the stems at the base of the plant.
    — Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Pick young inner leaves and use scissors or pinch at the base.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Apr. 2026
  • These sharp, durable scissors can handle all your plants with ease.
    — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • For leaves, snip young inner ones with scissors or pinch them at the base.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The scissors snapped in half with the pressure, and one blade fell to the floor.
    — Des Moines Register, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The best pruners are equipped with by-bass blades that cut with a scissor motion.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time the style chameleon has taken some scissors to her hair.
    — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 11 July 2023
  • The Avon lady and the kid with the scissor hands.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • What’s next, rock, paper or scissors?
    — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The only chicken that was not dead was the one with the scissor beak.
    — Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Nowhere else still to advance but up a ladder with a pair of scissors.
    — Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Use clean scissors or pruning shears to cut stems just below a leaf node.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 June 2026
  • Use clean scissors or pruning shears to cut stems just below a leaf node.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Then, lay the inside surface of the scissor blade flat on the stone.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Sewing projects can help pass the time in the airport, but make sure your scissors can board the plane.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut the stem just above a set of healthy leaves or a new bud.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
  • Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut the stem just above a set of healthy leaves or a new bud.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • Or, in this case, cutting things up with scissors and tossing them around.
    — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
  • If the debris does not fall right off, remove with clean pruners or scissors.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 12 May 2026
  • Some items like scissors and craft sticks make perfect sense to buy at your dollar store.
    — Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Use clean, sharp pruners or garden scissors to snip the stem just below the bloom.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • The duo played three rounds of rock-paper-scissors to decide who would speak first.
    — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Use clean scissors or pruners to cut the entire flower stem down to the base of the plant.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut browning or dead leaves at the base of the plant.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Use clean pruning shears or scissors to cut browning or dead leaves at the base of the plant.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Use the board for easy-to-hang items like saws, scissors, hammers, and pliers.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Dec. 2025

scissor

2 of 2 verb
  • While there was a myth that lesbians don’t actually scissor, that has since been debunked.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Arctic Ivanoff placed second in the boys scissor broad jump and finished fourth in both the two-foot high kick and the one-hand reach.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The Bruins hope to scissor their six-game losing streak in the series with Oregon.
    — OregonLive.com, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Whitney points out as much, though not quite as articulately, by making a scissoring gesture with her hands.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Whitney points out as much, though not quite as articulately, by making a scissoring gesture with her hands.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Kneel, sit cross-legged, scissor your legs with one leg at a 90 degree angle in front of you (and one behind), or sit with your legs straight in front of you (or with one bent and your foot on the floor).
    — Ben Court, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • An entire skit written by Elaine May — ironically, a sendup of overly prudish movie censors — was scissored by the network.
    — Fred A. Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Berrios rarely found himself in trouble scissoring through the daunting lineups of Cleveland, Colorado and Baltimore in his three wins.
    — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 30 May 2017
  • His legs scissored apart in soaring full splits, the unbound flexibility delivering an extra sensation of vigor and freedom.
    — Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 18 June 2019
  • Without any option other than letting the forward through or cutting him down, the 28-year-old opted for the latter; scissoring his opponent as the last man and bringing him to ground after only nine seconds.
    — SI.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Max Ernst collages are the type of this kind, made from many common sources—cheap advertisements in the back of the newspaper or department-store catalogue—scissored together into a new appearance of meaning.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
  • While one of his younger brothers David (Harris Dickinson) sleeps in, Kevin sprints across the family’s acreage in a cropped tee and shorts, his mammoth, scissoring arms as propulsive as his pumping thighs.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Her book recalls the photomontages of Hannah Höch, in which objects, text, and images from the German media are scissored up and juxtaposed, producing unexpected scenarios that feel all the more truthful for their strangeness.
    — Mireille Juchau, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2019
  • At the Locanda Ferrari restaurant, where diners slurped up plates of spaghetti alle vongole and compared notes on their favorite places for eel, Paola Ferrari, 61, scissored the crabs and dumped them in a pan of tomatoes, onions and herbs.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • That England avoided what would have been an embarrassing last-sixteen exit to Slovakia was thanks mostly to the individual brilliance of Jude Bellingham, its attacking prodigy, who scissored in an acrobatic finish at the death.
    — Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 18 June 2026

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