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How to use pincer in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Pincer means any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers. Example: “Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.”

Examples of pincer by meaning

verbTo surround with a pincer attack.

  • After considering all frontal counteroffensive alternatives, Heublein rejected them as detrimental to its profits and came up with a brilliant pincering maneuver.1984, Robert Lamb, Competitive Strategic Management, page 115
  • The minesweeper and the sea tug now came along either side, pincered the Vega, and seemed to be ushering it toward Moruroa, perhaps attempting to push the ketch inside the 12-mile limit.2004, Rex Weyler, Greenpeace

More sentences with pincer

  • Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.From the entry article
  • The 30-inch stainless steel tongs have scissor-like pincers that you operate with one hand while working a shorter, third appendage with the other hand.2014 January 29, Julie Lasky, “Extra Arms (and Teeth) for Wrangling Firewood”, in The New York Times. From the entry scissor-like
  • "But Belarus is a hard nut to crack, and it has used these methods to slip out of these East-West pincers before," says Alexander Klaskovsky.2011 January 12, Simon Shuster, “Will the E.U. Let Belarus' Despot Off the Hook?”, in Time. From the entry hard nut to crack
  • No longer able to attack with each turn and dive, she had to use all of her remaining speed and energy just to dodge pincers.2010, Allen Williams, The Witches' Kitchen, Little Brown, →ISBN, pages 67-68. From the entry cleaving
  • A ricinuleid grabs its prey with the relatively small pincers of its pedipalps, lifts its hood, and then passes the prey to its jaws.2009, James B. Nardi, Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners, page 113. From the entry ricinuleid
  • Judging from his expression, so did Old Sam, although he wouldn't have admitted it unless his fingernails were being ripped out by redhot pincers.1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry redhot
  • CO₂ laser matrixectomy is often the procedure of choice for permanent, partial, or total nail ablation in the treatment of recurrent ingrown nails, pincer deformity, and recalcitrant onychomycosis.1990, Jeffrey S. Dover, Kenneth A. Arndt, Illustrated cutaneous laser surgery: a practitioner's guide, Appleton & Lange. From the entry matrixectomy
  • I got chills, while on Clym's blondly hairy foot, a mechanical beetle with copper pincers crawled amidst tattooed green and yellow crenna roothairs, to disappear under his pants' cuff.1984, Samuel R. Delany, Carl Freedman, Stars in my pocket like grains of sand, page 85. From the entry blondly

Meaning of pincer

  1. noun Any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.
  2. verb To surround with a pincer attack.

Full definition of pincer

Questions about pincer in a sentence

How do you use pincer in a sentence?
Pincer is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.”
What is a short sentence with pincer?
“Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.”
What does pincer mean?
Pincer means any object that resembles one half of a pair of pincers.

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