Sentence examples for filing them down from inspiring English sources

Out of concern for other people's gag reflex, I've been endeavouring to get them into a more respectable condition: painting antibacterial stuff on the nails, filing them down, exfoliating the crusty skin and slathering the whole lot in moisturiser.

Carefully file them down and round out the corners.

If you find any, file them down or remove them with a knife very gently.

If the contacts themselves are corroded, pitted, or discolored, file them down using sandpaper or a metal file, but be aware that they may need replacement.

If your horses hooves are very grown out or damaged, file them down to be about ¼ an inch longer than the sole of the foot.

Sometimes longer nails are prone to lifting or even snapping more easily, so it can be a good idea to file them down to a more manageable size.

You can clip kitty's nails or file them down with an emery board to prevent the pain filled walking and stepping that come from broken and or overgrown nails.

I brushed my teeth ferociously, as if I wanted to file them down.

There's also Vampires (2010), a Belgian mock-doc about a suburban brood of bloodsuckers that includes a grumbling teenage daughter whose fangs grow back whenever she files them down.

You can use the emery board to file them down until they are hard enough to clip.

The tips are usually quite long, which allows you to trim and file them down to the shape and size you want.