How to Use chop off in a Sentence

chop off

verb

• In an emergency these slugs can chop off their own head and ditch their body.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026
• That is why Cirie called him the head of the snake that needed to be chopped off.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
• The time is never right to severely chop off your crape myrtle.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2024
• Ciara is rocking a brand new bob after chopping off her waist-length hair.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 17 July 2026
• But the night ends in a bloody disaster when Nate is beaten up and has his toe chopped off.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 June 2026
• Venezuelans often compare the regime to a hydra, with only one of its heads chopped off.
  — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
• Watching that wrecking ball take down the East Wing last month was like chopping off my left arm.
  — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2025
• The singer, 24, was there when Kaylee decided to chop off her hair in favor of a buzz cut.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
• Wash parsnips thoroughly before cooking, chop off the top and end, and peel the outer layer.
  — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 8 May 2026
• Following her blonde era, Zendaya opted to chop off her locks and embrace her curls.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
• Worst of all, Veronica Cartwright had to chop off most of her long, beautiful hair.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
• To go with her new gal on the go lifestyle, she's chopped off her iconic perm in favor of a whimsical, shaggy pixie cut.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
• Juniper had chopped off her golden-blonde locks—once past her shoulders—into a short bob at the front with uneven chunks missing from her fringe.
  — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
• Modern Mullet Anyone else thinking of chopping off their hair these days?
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
• Last week, Amal debuted a new fall hairstyle, chopping off 8 inches to ring in the season.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
• The week prior, Amal debuted a new fall hairstyle, chopping off 8 inches to ring in the season.
  — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
• Local media showed videos of barber shops with lines out the door as students chopped off their locks, with some offering specials to take advantage of the new order.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2025
• The Biebers' newest holiday photo may not show it, but Hailey also chopped off her hair just days before Christmas.
  — Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
• Morticia, however, disrupted the process by chopping off Isaac’s hand, leading the machine to blow up and kill Isaac.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
• While King's book is ostensibly more graphic (Annie chops off one of his feet), the hobbling is arguably more disturbing.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
• There is one hint of the bloodbath to come, as the film opens in Osaka, where a yakuza boss insists that three of his men chop off a digit of their hands in order to prove their loyalty.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
• Casimir said the plates would act as a kind of guillotine for the electromagnetic field, chopping off long-wavelength oscillations in a way that would skew the zero-point energy.
  — George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2026
• Collectors chuckle at the lack of an ‘h’ in the Pittsburg across his chest, but Pittsburgh city officials had chopped off the ‘h,’ replacing it a few years later.
  — Marin Independent Journal, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
• Ultimately, the story they’re told and believe is that Nicky showed up angry, wielding a meat cleaver, and then Jay stepped up trying to be a hero, and his finger got chopped off.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
• As the executive chef at Koya, an udon bar in London, Yamasaki cooked live eels, whose bodies could remain jumpy and unwieldy even once their heads had been chopped off.
  — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• Turning the sophisticated Ferrari Roma coupe into its Spider variant involved more than simply chopping off its roof.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
• Kim Kardashian chopped off several inches of her hair for the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party on Sunday night.
  — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
• In January, Bohler was arrested for allegedly chopping off four fingers of a dog owner in broad daylight, according to the Daily News.
  — Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• It should be noted that 2025 brought a dramatic change in this department for Clooney, who chopped off 8 inches of her hair with her go-to glam Dimitris Giannetos.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026
• The Mercedes was again slow away and fell behind Leclerc, while Verstappen dropped his Red Bull exiting Turn 1 — having brutally chopped off Norris’ good start.
  — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 4 May 2026