razor blade

British  

noun

1. a small rectangular piece of metal sharpened on one or both long edges for use in a razor for shaving

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Example Sentences

Studying assassinations is indeed like “running a razor blade down the history of international politics: the cut is narrow, but long and deep.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

“But talking about vaccines on the Hill is like walking on a razor blade that’s on fire.”

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

In her show, the slave slate known as Gilead is a veneer of perfection that’s fooling no one, “like a cake with a razor blade in it,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

From the next lineout, they threw a set-play move at the Scots that was like a razor blade.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023

I used to curl up my tongue in front of the mirror and tauten my frenum into a white line, itself as thin as a razor blade.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston