Sentence examples for be snipped off from inspiring English sources
Narrative threads seem to be snipped off at obscure junctions; nothing is baldly stated.
Shutterfly's paper sizes also have limits, so photos with an unorthodox crop may come with a white border to be snipped off at home.
Garlic cloves and onions that start to sprout will grow green tops when placed in water: these onion greens can be snipped off to make a tasty addition to salads and stir-fries.
The Victorians genuinely believed that a passion could be snipped off at its roots and then, so to speak, brought indoors and placed in a glass of water, like a cut flower.
After a bit of hesitation, the other button would be snipped off — what can you do? — the orphan would be thrown into the pile, and a half-dozen new buttons wrapped in muddy, tea-colored waxed paper would be purchased at the variety store.
The faded flowers can be snipped off with sharp scissors just below the flower.
Fingers and testicles are snipped off with bolt cutters during torture sessions.
At the corners, two courses of brick protrude at a 45-degree angle as if they had been snipped off with pinking shears.
It was a shock to the worshippers of Rita Hayworth when her rolling red tresses were snipped off, for "The Lady from Shanghai" (1947), and replaced by a curt blond crop.
More pitiable, his whiskers had been snipped off, an indignity suffered when he'd petitioned for refuge in a shanty near our home, where children made sport by taunting strays.
