scissored; scissoring
ˈsi-zə-riŋ 
ˈsiz-riŋ
: to cut, cut up, or cut off with scissors or shears
scissored the paper into strips
Examples of scissor in a Sentence
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Ray Sanchez, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
Ready for anything, the Micra is small enough to fit on a keychain and features 10 tools: a knife, scissors, bottle opener, Philips screwdriver, ruler, nail cleaner, nail file, tweezers, medium screwdriver, and an extra-small screwdriver.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2023
The only chicken that was not dead was the one with the scissor beak.
—Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
When handing a knife or a pair of scissors to someone else, one handed the article with the handle toward the recipient and the blade tip pointed toward oneself.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
Patrols organized by factories and schools cut flared pants and long hair with scissors.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
And of course some players don’t even have to leave their hotel rooms: Farel carries a pair of scissors on his person throughout the day for emergency calls from celebs like Carlos Alcaraz, currently ranked the number one men's player in the world.
—Gabrielle Bluestone, Town & Country, 10 Sep. 2023
Saws, scissors and screwdrivers: Check them, check them, check them.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
Herb scissors This tool also got multiple nominations, including from the aforementioned Boss of Me.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
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
Its two beams scissor back and forth across the canopy at 400,000 pulses per second, and the echoes reveal the geometry of every tree, branch, and sometimes leaf.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
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
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
Like its predecessors—the Countach, Diablo, and Murciélago—the Aventador SV is an impossibly wide, ridiculously low-slung blade of a car, with doors that scissor skyward and a huge V-12 behind the seats.
—Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2016
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
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
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Noun
Officers cut the Eagles sweatshirt with scissors and examined the tattoo on the back of the bloodied inmate, who was bitten on the scalp by the dog.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
Ready for anything, the Micra is small enough to fit on a keychain and features 10 tools: a knife, scissors, bottle opener, Philips screwdriver, ruler, nail cleaner, nail file, tweezers, medium screwdriver, and an extra-small screwdriver.
—Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2023
The only chicken that was not dead was the one with the scissor beak.
—Martha McPhee, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
When handing a knife or a pair of scissors to someone else, one handed the article with the handle toward the recipient and the blade tip pointed toward oneself.
—Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
Patrols organized by factories and schools cut flared pants and long hair with scissors.
—Li Yuan, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
And of course some players don’t even have to leave their hotel rooms: Farel carries a pair of scissors on his person throughout the day for emergency calls from celebs like Carlos Alcaraz, currently ranked the number one men's player in the world.
—Gabrielle Bluestone, Town & Country, 10 Sep. 2023
Saws, scissors and screwdrivers: Check them, check them, check them.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2023
Herb scissors This tool also got multiple nominations, including from the aforementioned Boss of Me.
—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
Verb
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
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
Its two beams scissor back and forth across the canopy at 400,000 pulses per second, and the echoes reveal the geometry of every tree, branch, and sometimes leaf.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2012
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
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
Like its predecessors—the Countach, Diablo, and Murciélago—the Aventador SV is an impossibly wide, ridiculously low-slung blade of a car, with doors that scissor skyward and a huge V-12 behind the seats.
—Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2016
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
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
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