tweeze
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of tweeze
First recorded in 1940–45; back formation from tweezers
Example Sentences
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You’re likely to have a few follicles still producing hair after the full course of treatments, which you’ll probably want to shave or tweeze for aesthetics’ sake.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2021
And if you’re down for some virtual advice, for $100, you can upload some photos of your brows to Streicher’s website and receive detailed personal instructions from her on how to properly tweeze and trim.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
It’s like that old board game Operation, where you have to meticulously tweeze bits ‘n’ pieces out of your unwitting patient.
From The Verge ● Mar. 23, 2018
Yes, it played some role, but it’s difficult to tweeze apart voters’ hostility toward Clinton as a person and the degree to which that dislike was fueled by gender stereotypes.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2017
“Arrange flowers in a vase, talk to boys, tweeze your eyebrows, shave your legs, apply lipstick ...” “What about vomit in a sink? They teach a charming way to do that?” she asked.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Back in the sampling tent, the scientists tweezed clumps of the manakin's breast feathers to be sent for analysis, before the bird is returned unharmed to the wild.
From Reuters ● Aug. 5, 2023
But unlike most of her peers, Streicher never waxed eyebrows — only tweezed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
But the larvae and pupae, carefully tweezed out of disinterred nests, are eaten immediately, gently simmered with ginger so they stay creamy, or fried to a crisp.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
Across the stage, a ballerina in pink tights tweezed blisters on her feet.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
She tweezed out two freshly surfaced hairs in her mole.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
"John had this wonderful story of a lady he would see tweezing her eyebrows in front of the window and makeup mirror for what seemed to be hours. So we featured tweezing lady," said Bolan.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2021
“On the other hand, if you spend all your time beginning at the end, grooming your social network, tweezing your Insta posts, hyping your tweets – nothing much is going to happen.”
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2018
Like Jungsik, Atoboy favors the subtler end of the Korean flavor spectrum, but it avoids fussing and tweezing.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2017
She’s the one tweezing pea shoots and celery-root chips onto a bowl of quinoa, lacto-fermenting turnips or scattering wildflowers onto a cheese pizza.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2017
A few eejits bent over the earth, tweezing up weeds and squashing bugs.This was their country, the country of the eejits.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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