tweeze
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of tweeze
First recorded in 1940–45; back formation from tweezers
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Offering up the ne plus ultra of overexposure, Bennifer 2.0, Ms. Adams said: “They tweeze their chin, it’s in the paper. It doesn’t matter. They have several P.R. people. Several.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
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
To my surprise, she doesn’t tweeze those, wanting to create a “softly diffused look.”
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
“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
By the Nixon years eyebrows were tweezed again, with Twiggy bringing us back to our patriotic anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
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 had tweezed her once bushy eyebrows into the currently fashionable, pencil-thin arcs that gave her a slightly surprised expression even in her sleep.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
There are many safe ways to remove unwanted facial hair, including tweezing, waxing, threading, shaving or using depilatory creams.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
"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
That’s right — no tweezing, waxing or threading for at least six weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019
“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
He spoke with his mouth full, licking his greasy fingers when he was done and then tweezing a handkerchief out of his back pocket to wipe himself.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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