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• It wasn't until the officer pulled out the cuffs and mirandarized me that everything fell into place.From the entry mirandarize
• I’ve learned a new bind off that’s perfect for cuffs and brims of hats.From the entry bind off
• Take the legging and turn up the cuff.From the entry legging
• Button up your shirt cuff. It has come undone.From the entry button up
• The cuffs were faced with velvet.From the entry faced
• Ruffle the end of the cuff.From the entry ruffle
• She sat the woman on it, slapping on a pair of cuffs.2020 April 2, Toby Neal, Paradise Crime Mysteries Books 1-9, Neal Enterprises INC. From the entry horse
• Then he'd pull his coat down – and up went his cuffs!2004 May, Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestley, quoting Jack Fallon, “Ray Nance”, in The Rough Guide to Jazz, 3rd expanded and…. From the entry shoot one's cuffs
• The cuffs, or epimanikia, which fit over the sticharion, bear little or no resemblance to the maniple.1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition. From the entry epimanikion
• Cowboy cuffs $19.00, gun and holster $49.00, spurs with straps $24.00, and child’s belt $19.50.1997 November/December, American Cowboy, page 86. From the entry cowkid
• They come on down, man, gaffled me up and put the cuffs on my hands.1994, Eugene P. Delorme, Inez Cardozo-Freeman, Chief: The Life History of Eugene Delorme, page 83. From the entry gaffle
• A lovely body-skimming blouson with flattering full sleeves and wide push-up cuffs.1992, The American Legion. From the entry push-up
• In my quest for world records, I ruined both my rotator cuffs.1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21. From the entry rotator cuff
• Up front, a new softer "floating" cuff and a tapered rib— both for easier flex.1975 Sep, Ski, volume 40, number 1, page 24. From the entry flexy
• Lancers wore Dragoon jackets with embroidered cuffs and collars, enormous epaulettes and an aiguillette.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 191. From the entry aiguillette
• "Strike your father, eh?" Syed Omar launched an unhandy cuff, then another.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514. From the entry unhandy
• It looks as though a group of amateur lensers had shot it off the cuff.1949, The New York Times Film Reviews, volume 4, page 2822. From the entry lenser
• The newspapers were jammed with ads inviting customers to buy on the cuff.1948 August 16, “On the Cuff”, in Time. From the entry on the cuff
• Saucy epaulet shoulder and full sleeves that fit into neat button trimmed cuffs.1933, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 46. From the entry saucy
• The men shot their cuffs and the women stuck their combs more firmly into their back hair.1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter IV, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, section…. From the entry shoot one's cuffs
• I’m going to take off the cuffs, Slim, and off you, Jerry.1918 December 10, J[oseph] Allan Dunn, “The Man With the Mole”, in Detective Story Magazine, volume XIX, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Street…. From the entry monkey business
• His banter Friday night was fresh, off the cuff.2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club. From the entry off the cuff
• Crest — A cubit arm erect, vested azure, cuffed argent, holding in the hand a Cinqueda sword, both proper.2020, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 4618. From the entry cinqueda
• Andrews cross, floggers, whips, cuffs, and loads of other things you've never seen, but are immediately interested in.2020, Spices of Lust, The eBook of Kinky Sex Ideas, page 110. From the entry red room
• “Did you think you could get away with it?” she demanded, rattling the cuffs like a dungeon mistress.2017, Cleo Coyle, chapter 23, in Dead Cold Brew (Coffeehouse Mysteries; 16), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry dungeon mistress
• He looked straight in my eyes and nuzzled the cuff of my jeans so I flipped him a rigatone.2012, Joseph Harry Silber, “Tantrums”, in Bum, [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, section 13, page 23. From the entry rigatone
• This maneuver preserves whatever rotator cuff might have been encased within the scar tissue that had become adhesed to the acromion.2012 February 14, Paul C. Brady, Patrick J. Denard, The Cowboy's Companion: A Trail Guide for the Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgeon…. From the entry adhese
• He knew he was thisclose to cuffing Bobbie Faye.2009, Toni McGee Causey, Charmed and Dangerous, page 268. From the entry thisclose
• Claus" outfit: a long-sleeved, floor-length red velour dress with white fur on the scoop neckline, cuffs and bottom.2005 December 25, Katie Zezima, “Risque Display Sets Off Debate Over Decency in Maine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry Ms. Claus
• You are posturally asphyxiated when you are shoved face down to the ground with your hands cuffed behind your back.2000, Nick Cohen, Cruel Britannia: Reports on the Sinister and the Preposterous, page 101. From the entry posturally
• Holding your gloved right hand under the cuff of the left glove, insert your left hand in the left glove.1998 Louise Simmers: Diversified Health Occupations Essentials. (page 249)…. From the entry gloved
• He Brillo padded the cuffs with the same enthusiasm.1996, Peter Legge, It Begins with a Dream, page 117. From the entry brillo-pad
• When a rotator cuff tear was present, the degenerative zone was elliptzed and typically a side-to-side repair was performed.1991, Lonnie Paulos, James E. Tibone, editors, Operative Techniques in Shoulder Surgery, Aspen Publishers, page 86. From the entry elliptize
• And simultaneously I raise my trouser cuff to reveal the leather straps and wicked steel calipers harnessing my right boot.1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 4. From the entry calipers
• Spring is pants cuffs filled with new clipped grass.1984, Bob Talbert, Good Moanin: The Best of Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press, →ISBN. From the entry twock
• He dressed in a mannered fashion with turned-back cuffs and double slits to his coat, bow-ties and fancy waistcoats.1960, Ian Fleming, “From a View To a Kill”, in For Your Eyes Only, London: Jonathan Cape. From the entry strike a false note
• His accessories, from the vermilion vest to the doorknoblike gold cuff links, are in harmony with his suits.1954, LIFE, volume 37, number 16, page 77. From the entry doorknoblike

Meaning of cuff

1. noun Glove; mitten.
2. noun The end of a shirt sleeve that covers the wrist.
3. noun The end of a pants leg when folded up.

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Questions about cuff in a sentence

How do you use cuff in a sentence?

Cuff is used as a noun and verb. For example: “It wasn't until the officer pulled out the cuffs and mirandarized me that everything fell into place.”

What is a short sentence with cuff?

“Ruffle the end of the cuff.”

What does cuff mean?

Cuff means glove; mitten.