How to Use slice off in a Sentence

slice off

verb
  • Using a sharp chef's knife, slice off the stems.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025
  • The corpse’s head and limbs had been methodically sliced off.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • To create your own pumpkin place setting, slice off the pumpkin's top, scoop out the seeds, and fill with soaked floral foam.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of stabbing him, Dexter sliced off one of the restraints to free Batista.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Nano opened a bottle of sparkling wine made with six indigenous grapes grown only in the surrounding acres and sliced off a taste of his housemade sausages.
    — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2026
  • The shot of Louis slicing off Santiago's head is iconic.
    — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026
  • The gory skit ends with the gruff older man rushing through the door to announce he’s made amends with his son, only to have his head sliced off by the flying chainsaw.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Gather a handful on your cutting board (making sure the stem ends are lined up) and use a sharp chef’s knife to slice off about 1/4 inch off the stems.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • My latest obsession is slicing off generous slabs for a classic turkey club.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • My latest obsession is slicing off generous slabs for a classic turkey club.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 June 2026
  • Diners pass around sturdy shanks, each held aloft by the shinbone, using a sharp knife to slice off bits of the dark meat, which is patterned with mold and smells of blue cheese.
    — Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
  • Ménière’s, to Arenberg, could better explain Van Gogh’s decision to slice off his ear.
    — Bianca Bosker, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
  • However, when Lucy tried to close the bathroom door on March 5, her finger became trapped and the top half of her pinkie got sliced off.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026
  • His roughly 8-foot-tall, 7-foot-wide, 150-pound century plant had all but a few of its 35 spearlike leaves sliced off.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Hull the strawberries by inserting a paring knife into the stem end and twisting (alternatively, slice off the top to remove the stem).
    — Maddy Sweitzer-Lamme, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
  • Demon Slayer took in more than $737 million at the worldwide box office, and Chainsaw Man sliced off $163 million.
    — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Young Gavin and Hilary go to a toy shop with John Paul Getty III, who had recently been kidnapped and had his ear sliced off and sent to his family.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In a video obtained by PEOPLE, an airport official wearing an orange vest makes his way to the grass to retrieve a piece of one of the planes that was seemingly sliced off.
    — Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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