Sentence examples for shearing off from inspiring English sources

Does the federal government know the secret to shearing off well pipes?

Sea Shepherd claimed the Japanese vessel deliberately rammed its boat, shearing off its bow.

His name, Makasi, means scissors in Kiswahili, and fellow soldiers said he earned it by shearing off ears and lips.

Her jet missed the runway, shearing off its landing gear and sustaining severe wing and nose damage.

Last year, Tibetans in Ganzi Prefecture in Sichuan Province held angry protests to stop a mining company that was shearing off a mountain considered sacred by Buddhists.

The police believe the ship ran aground, shearing off its propellers and sending it into an uncontrollable spin through the currents.

I watched them shear off the treetops.

His legs were nearly sheared off below mid-thigh.

I had sheared off one of the cranks.

A locust bough had sheared off in the wind.

As massive swaths of concrete sheared off, vehicles on the bridge fell.