How to Use cut in a Sentence

cut

1 of 2 verb

• He uses the ax to cut wood.
• Cut along the dotted line.
• The meat is so tender you can cut it with a fork.
• I had a cut finger.
• Pieces of broken glass cut her face and arms.
• We were fighting, and he tried to cut me with his knife.
• She cut into the melon with a knife.
• The saw easily cuts through metal.
• I cut myself while shaving.
• There’s so many things that got cut!
  — Grace Byron, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
• Add peach halves to pan, cut sides up.
  — Emily Teel, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2026
• One deputy cut their hand in the process.
  — CBS News, 6 June 2026
• Black and white, right and wrong, cut and dried.
  — Erika Ettin, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
• It was cut maybe 6 feet off the left edge.
  — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026
• But Tehran is in no rush to cut a deal.
  — Sarah Dean, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
• That's just not going to cut it.
  — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
• Once that happens, cut the cord.
  — Carl Anka, New York Times, 17 May 2026
• That comes out of Qatar, and now it is cut to size.
  — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Good enough doesn't always cut it for this crew.
  — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
• At that scale, ‘startup’ doesn’t cut it.
  — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
• Porter knocked down back-to-back 3s to cut the deficit to eight.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
• Take a pair of shears to the bottom; cut it at the hip.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
• This thing cuts from 32 to 16 fast now.
  — Greg Cote june 28, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
• Then cut the plants back to within a foot or two of the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• When lettuce is cut, torn, or bruised, its cell walls break down.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 May 2026
• Instead, run your hand through a patch of grass that needs to be cut.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
• Utah came back to cut the deficit to one at the end of the third quarter.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
• Firefighters went out in boats to cut it free.
  — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
• Their advantage at the top has been cut to four points.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
• Putting a stamp on an envelope won’t cut it.
  — Guinevere Moore, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

cut

2 of 2 noun

• Make a few small cuts in the crust to let the air escape.
• He came home covered in cuts and bruises.
• You'll have to make a few cuts in your manuscript if you want us to publish it.
• Further cuts in spending are needed.
• And there are more cost-cuts on the way.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2026
• Here is what to know about the job cuts.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
• But the goal is not to make up for the cuts.
  — Jillian Taylor, StateImpact, 6 Jan. 2026
• But this cut doesn’t have to feel (or look) like granny panties.
  — Abby Morgan Lebet, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
• Any short cut pasta can be used.
  — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
• Reuters was the first to report the job cuts.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
• Tons of price-target cuts, too.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
• There must be more that did not make the final cut.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
• See if any of your favorite places made the cut.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
• Take a look to see if your favorite spots made the cut.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
• Here are some of our favorite ways to style this trendy cut.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 6 June 2026
• Blaylock had a pair of cut-off jean shorts over his head.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• There may be some World Cup price cuts too.
  — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Some have more unique cuts, like raglan sleeves or curved bottoms.
  — Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2023
• Dull blades tear the grass rather than make clean cuts, so make sure blades are sharp.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
• A lot of them have sore necks and some bruises and bumps and cuts.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
• That’s eight quarter-point rate cuts, or four half-point cuts.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
• That happened in the run-up to the Fed cut.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
• Ready for an income tax rate cut, Hoosiers?
  — Medora Lee, IndyStar, 13 Jan. 2026
• Snag a 26% Spring Sale price cut.
  — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
• Tough cuts of meat are a good example of this.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
• Find the short cuts your work to date created.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• The recruiters in the ring also got a cut.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• Catfish are biting fair on cut bait or shad.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
• Here's a great midrange desktop at a 12% price cut.
  — PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2025
• But questions remain over how deep any cut might be.
  — Erin Doherty, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025