How to Use paper clip in a Sentence

paper clip

noun

• So—one day not so long ago, the paper clip came to my aid once again.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 June 2024
• Some offices have run out of paper clips.
  — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
• Pierce a small hole near the peel using a knife or paper clip.
  — Sunset Magazine, 16 Dec. 2020
• At first glance, this giant paper clip is just fun to look at.
  — Rebecca Norris, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2021
• Binder clips or paper clips are handy for holding ends and edges while your glue dries.
  — Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2024
• The censors would come in with all these paper clips in the script and say cut this and that.
  — Marc Freeman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
• Place one in a desk drawer as a holder for paper clips and small items.
  — Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
• To make curly pieces, roll a few and secure with paper clips until dry.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 25 July 2018
• If your iPhone isn't charging well, a paper clip might help you.
  — Don Reisinger, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2017
• Remix the paper clips and paper pieces, then dump them back on the table.
  — Ben Finio, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2020
• Crows, jays and other corvids fashion tools from paper clips to fetch food.
  — Melissa Chan, Time, 22 Jan. 2020
• About the length of a paper clip, the caterpillar sways its black and bristly body back and forth.
  — Krista Stevens, Longreads, 28 Feb. 2024
• Tape or staple a paper clip to the nose of each paper airplane.
  — Ben Finio, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2020
• And there was a little paper clip chain that was the colors of the rainbow.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
• First, sterilize a paper clip by putting it over a flame and heating the tip.
  — Jeff Gaudette, Outside Online, 12 Oct. 2021
• The old backpack your pops handed down to you that has paper clips where zipper pulls once lived?
  — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 1 May 2020
• Use a bent paper clip to keep it in contact with the soil, water as usual, and that’s it!
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 4 Apr. 2023
• That's like 4 paper clips in something the size of a washing machine.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
• Fatigue damage is the bridge version of bending a paper clip back and forth.
  — Alex Krasnok, Scientific American, 25 June 2026
• Fatigue damage is the bridge version of bending a paper clip back and forth.
  — Alex Krasnok, Fortune, 21 June 2026
• Fatigue damage is the bridge version of bending a paper clip back and forth.
  — Alex Krasnok, The Conversation, 19 June 2026
• In total, my braid was adorned with nine rings and six paper clips, and could probably have held a dozen more.
  — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 21 Apr. 2018
• Don’t forget to clean the brewing needle—here a paper clip is also your friend.
  — Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
• The paper clip scenario and others like it are science fiction.
  — Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
• Add a standard paper clip beside the nose to balance the weight of the thinner nose with the plane's wide wings.
  — Barnaby Waifan, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2017
• In particular, the pens, paper clips and notepads at the office!
  — Mandy Major, Woman's Day, 20 Apr. 2011
• In the meantime, Rebecca used a paper clip to force open the lock to the bedroom door.
  — Dave Itzkoff, HWD, 8 May 2018
• Then, using a magnet and placing the twisted ends of a paper clip over the nail, the polish forms a heart.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024
• Skipper looked around her apartment for something as small and thrifty as a paper clip and settled on a bobby pin.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2020
• Some phones require you to stick something into a tiny hole to do this and a small paper clip usually does the trick.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2022