How to Use cutaway in a Sentence

cutaway

1 of 2 adjective
  • The diagram shows a cutaway view of an engine.
  • Nine of the looks—including the cutaway tops—were couture, while the majority of the collection was ready to wear.
    Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2021
  • At the time, members of the diplomatic corps — practically all men — were expected to own a cutaway tailcoat and striped trousers for formal receptions.
    Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Not always accurately, either: In a cutaway O’Donnell noted that Biden had misstated the potential cost of free public college.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Hadid zipped into David Koma’s high-waisted flares featuring cargo pockets, belted detailing, and cutaway effects running up and down the sides.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 12 July 2017
  • Also notable is a series of Depression-era lithographs by Benton Spruance showing cutaway views of teeming factories or city streets and subways, emphasizing the nature of the metropolis as a crowded, multi-layered hive of activity.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2021
  • The diagram shows a cutaway view of an engine.
  • Nine of the looks—including the cutaway tops—were couture, while the majority of the collection was ready to wear.
    Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2021
  • At the time, members of the diplomatic corps — practically all men — were expected to own a cutaway tailcoat and striped trousers for formal receptions.
    Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Not always accurately, either: In a cutaway O’Donnell noted that Biden had misstated the potential cost of free public college.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
  • Hadid zipped into David Koma’s high-waisted flares featuring cargo pockets, belted detailing, and cutaway effects running up and down the sides.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 12 July 2017
  • Also notable is a series of Depression-era lithographs by Benton Spruance showing cutaway views of teeming factories or city streets and subways, emphasizing the nature of the metropolis as a crowded, multi-layered hive of activity.
    Steven Litt, cleveland, 29 Aug. 2021
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cutaway

2 of 2 noun
  • Yes, enough already with all the cutaways to Aaron Rodgers.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The BBMAs were a night made up of celebrity cutaways, too.
    Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 21 May 2018
  • But this time, there was something new for a Nicholaw cutaway: Aaron Rodgers.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 24 July 2023
  • Across the way was an oceanfront house that had been cleaved by the wind to provide a cutaway look at the inside.
    Mike Clary, Sun-Sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • During the first half, Swift was the focus of camera cutaways five times.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 28 Jan. 2024
  • In a cutaway shot, the TV broadcast showed the two leaders after the third Russian goal.
    Margaret Coker, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • There’s a tiny fly that’s flitting around the corner of a marble tombstone in one of the scene’s cutaway shots.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Some of them featured cutaways that revealed vast amounts of skin.
    Vogue, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The cutaway bustier made Kylie's look all the more revealing, as did her thigh-high leg slit.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Oh, and there was one cutaway to Messi the dog from Anatomy of a Fall clapping that broke me a little.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The cutaway scenes were shot on different days and were more scripted.
    Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Opposite that a cutaway ceiling and spiral stairs lead to the third-floor loft.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2018
  • And Chris gets laughs from cutaways from him listening.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 2 June 2023
  • The footage was shown during the live stream of the concert, as a cutaway from Justin Bieber's emotional performance.
    Carly Mallenbaum, USA TODAY, 4 June 2017
  • The one-shoulder mini-dress is cutaway at the back, and is also extremely short.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Aug. 2018
  • How many cutaways to crying children are shown during an NFL game?
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2018
  • But her set, at times, felt a little over produced with way too many cutaway shots to pyrotechnics.
    cleveland, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Both landscapes feature a wide strip of brown across the bottom — cutaways of the earth, where the bodies of men, women and children are laid out in caskets.
    Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 6 May 2017
  • Another cutaway, then back to Brassard, who was taking the puck from the goal out of an official's hand.
    Jose M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2021
  • That said, the frequency of cutaways could make one feel at times that the game was interrupting the commercials.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The above-the-ankle hem balanced out the cutaway sleeves, which ran several inches past her fingers.
    Maria Ward, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The incredible gown featured a huge leg slit, and a cutaway back section.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2020
  • And then six leprechauns, students wearing cutaway green suits and Irish country hats, burst into the gym.
    Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2018
  • This steel-string guitar has a stylish cutaway and extra-wide soundhole, giving it a modern look.
    Popular Science, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Tiger print gowns, one a long sleeve column and the other a cutaway leg-sweeping flounce bustier style-- required over 1,400 hours of hand-beading.
    Roxanne Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2018
  • Since Elizabeth wrote the book on mind/body splits (there’s always a cutaway to a thick tome as proof), her way of helping means getting more involved.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • This cutaway shows the double stack of Ultium battery modules.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Golden Girls used them; the cutaway is standard on Family Guy.
    Meghan De Maria, refinery29.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • There are cutaways to footage of real protests (such as the Women’s March), riots around the world, and images of stock markets and other masses of people.
    Geena Kloeppel, Billboard, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Large gold cutaway earrings frame her face, which has little makeup.
    Rachel Donadio, Vogue, 30 June 2021

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