Example Sentences

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Do not use utility knives; they will scratch granite, while razor blades, used correctly, will not.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2018

Fritz went through everything from hammers and pliers to utility knives and power tools.

From Washington Times • Nov. 12, 2016

It is a device thought to have been derived from a combination of straight razors and utility knives at some point in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2015

Acts of kindness by employers, the reasoning goes, elicit more effort from their employees in return, hence the utility knives and picture frames.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2013