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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are trim" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used to describe something that has been neatly or finely trimmed. Example: The hedges in the garden are trim and well-maintained, giving the property a polished appearance.
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are trim
verb
To reduce slightly; to cut; especially, to remove excess; e.g. 'trim a hedge', 'trim a beard'. The adposition of can be used in the present perfect tense to designate the removed part.
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Many of the houses are trim and tidy.
Its window mullions are trim and lithe, far different from the original heavy framing, and the cornice is a projecting skylight of glass.
The final pair of row houses, 184-186, are trim little brick buildings with a later Victorian feeling, built in 1876.
They are trim and youthful, they move well onstage, and they have both the timbre and the power to project their characterizations.
That is why so many novels set in the Regency period are trim in the manner of Jane Austen, while those that take Victorian London as their background incline to a Dickensian bagginess.
You can't go to brunch in Bondi at a paleo cafe without a big hearty serving of body shame – everywhere you look there are trim, taut and terrific figures on show.
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Local governments are trimming their staff.
In fact, they are trimming the hedges.
Senior ranks are trimmed during reductions.
TRIZ device trimming has been used when components within a system are trimmed.
Their nails are trimmed.
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