How to Use lopper in a Sentence

lopper

noun

• This is when a chainsaw lopper or pole saw can be invaluable.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 15 Aug. 2019
• Larger branches should be cut with loppers, a pruning saw or even a chain saw.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Use loppers to reach inside the robust shrubs and access the large woody stems.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2024
• But not all trees are shorn equally, and all are assessed before the saws and loppers come out.
  — Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2016
• There is also handheld equipment such as pruners, loppers or saws.
  — Dennis Patton, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
• Use loppers for trimming trees, cutting large woody stems and clearing brush.
  — Jodi Torpey/ Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
• Bring water, work gloves, loppers if available and a picnic lunch.
  — Flip Putthoff, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
• When the tree is too large to pull, take a small pruning saw or loppers and cut it off and herbicide the stump.
  — Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• These Fiskar loppers are 28 inches long from handle to blade tip.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Using loppers and bow saws, volunteers hand cut shrubs and small trees and burn the cuttings in large brush piles.
  — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
• Guns have been all but excised in this spinoff in favor of close-up choppers and loppers, like swords and axes.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 27 June 2017
• If your tools have moving parts, such as with pruners, shears, and loppers, disassemble them first.
  — Cindy Daniel, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
• Be cognizant of pruner, lopper and pruning saw blades while gardening.
  — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
• Clean, sharpen and sterilize cutting tools such as pruners and loppers.
  — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
• Use a pair of loppers to cleanly cut branches that are more than about ½ inch in diameter.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025
• Use bypass pruners on small branches, loppers on medium-sized branches and a saw on big branches.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
• When using garden tools, such as loppers or a pole pruner, keep your elbows at shoulder height and below.
  — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
• Use pruners or loppers to remove or shorten limbs that may be in the way of landscape chores, buildings, drives or pathways.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 July 2017
• Many homeowners bring out their loppers and pruning saws in spring for one reason or another.
  — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2026
• Saplings can be cut into manageable pieces with loppers, then fed into a wood chipper and turned into mulch.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
• However, there is something different about this new pair of loppers.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 May 2018
• Hand pruners are not the correct tool for branches larger than ¾ inches, and loppers work well up to 1 ½ inches.
  — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
• Washburne opens his trunk and hands out tools such as gloves, shovels, loppers and pickaxes to the volunteers.
  — Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 13 May 2024
• Like all other Fiskar pruning shears, this lopper is backed by a lifetime warranty.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Larger pruning shears like loppers can slice heavy tree branches or dense foliage up to 2 or 3 inches.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
• Use loppers for 3/8 inch thick wood up to, maybe, ¾ inch, providing the wood is soft and moist enough to cut easily.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
• Bring loppers, a hand saw, and gloves to remove sand pines from the scrub habitat of Lyonia Preserve.
  — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
• But before heading outside with those loppers and pruning saws, there are a few important things to know and consider.
  — Marie Woodward, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2024
• For trimming and pruning tasks that are too big for manual loppers but too small to use a regular chainsaw, reach for a mini chainsaw.
  — Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
• A number of pruners and loppers feature a spring return ratcheting mechanism that requires less hand and wrist pressure.
  — Jodi Torpey/ Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017