Sentence examples for had lopped off from inspiring English sources

(Her stylist had lopped off six inches).

Back in the mid-1990's, a less cautious tree surgeon had lopped off a massive chunk of the tree, right up near the top.

It said on Friday that it had lopped off 13 weeks of its season, translating to a 23-percent pay cut for its musicians and a $1.5 million reduction of its $9 million budget next season.

The most immediate effect has been on companies that sell goods in Japan, like Coca-Cola and Gap, which said the events there had lopped off a few cents from earnings per share.

According to a 2012 report in the Guardian, government documents revealed that one group of security agents had "lopped off the limbs of suspects and fed prisoners with their own flesh".

And the attempt at homeliness failed, as we all know: one night, Van Gogh turned up at a local brothel and gave a prostitute the ear he had lopped off his head.

"You could read it that in order to become a wife Kate has lopped off the extrovert part of herself, or Anna.

One chief was known for having "lopped off and roasted the arms and legs of two captive warriors, then forced them to eat their own body parts".

He has lopped off numerous low-margin businesses and products and has moved a lot of manufacturing overseas, closing 78 plants in North America and Europe in the process.

I'd have lopped off all my digits and given serious consideration to a testicle – using the stumps of what remained of my hands.

Mr. Immelt's cost-cutting effort has grown broader over the last year, as the company has lopped off some of its oldest businesses in a move to quiet critics and appease shareholders.