tweeze
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The absolute best way to ensure regular hair growth is to leave your brows alone; tweezing, rubbing, and picking at them only leads to premature hair loss. — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, "The Expert Guide To Growing Your Eyebrows," 17 Dec. 2018 As far as the pain level, sugaring is more like tweezing on the ouch scale—not pain-free but not waddle-to-the-subway painful. — Emily Rekstis, SELF, "I Tried Sugaring and I'll Never Get Waxed Again," 25 July 2018 While some experts emphasize immediate removal over belatedly using the best method, scraping is usually easier than tweezing anyway. — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, "This Is the Only Thing You Should Do If a Bee Stings You," 6 June 2017 Draw the pencil along the lower edge of your brows, connecting the three lines, and then tweeze only the strays that sprout beyond them. — Kayleigh Donahue, Allure, "Allure's Guide to Hair Removal From Your Brows to Your Bikini Line," 6 June 2018 For example, Kylie Jenner was shamed for having long nails, while Kourtney Kardashian received similar feedback for not tweezing her son's eyebrows. — Emily Wang, Allure, "People Are Mom-Shaming Jessie James Decker for Letting Her Daughter Get a Sun Tan," 2 July 2018 Like most of us, Markle was a victim of over-tweezing her eyebrows years ago. — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, "Meghan Markle's Eyebrows Have Undergone a Royal Transformation," 26 June 2018 Use a flashlight while tweezing to try to catch a glint of the glass. — Gina Tomaine, Good Housekeeping, "This Is The Best Way To Get Broken Glass Or Splinters Out Of Your Foot," 11 July 2017 Her mouth was painted, her eyebrows were tweezed and her eyes were smoky — the look of silent film stars of that era. — New York Times, "Overlooked No More: Margarita Xirgu, Theater Radical Who Staged Lorca’s Plays," 29 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tweeze.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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