Sentence examples for determination to trim from inspiring English sources

A curious use of the money, say some, given the party's avowed determination to trim the deficit (though the Tories also want efficiency savings to pay for part-reversing a planned rise in national-insurance contributions).

In comments last week, the mayor made it clear that he thought his determination to reduce crime and trim the welfare rolls had helped minority residents far more than the work of their own leaders, and said he would leave the bulk of any reaching out next year to his new police commissioner, Bernard B. Kerik.

Ogechi volunteered to trim ends.

So I had to trim it back.

But almost nothing is easy to trim.

He plans to trim teacher numbers.

"We have to trim your eyebrows".

Republicans want to trim food stamps.

Outsourcing has allowed it to trim staff.

There's not much fat to trim".

"We need to trim the fat".