How to Use forceps in a Sentence

forceps

noun

• And one to clamp the forceps and extract the sought-after tooth.
  — Cristela Guerra, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• In the video, forceps nudge a piece of squid that sits on a ramp as an offering.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2021
• The roach was dropped into one cup of juice, stirred with a forceps and then removed.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• That started to change—for better and for worse—with the invention of the forceps.
  — Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2020
• Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 May 2021
• Before the scalpels, the forceps, and the surgical needles, Tom Jones knew steel.
  — Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 15 May 2017
• Maybe those printers could spit out the needles or forceps, too.
  — Sarah Scoles, WIRED, 25 June 2019
• That became the plan, and Comander reached in with forceps.
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 21 Mar. 2018
• There, a doctor was able to remove the shoe in less than a second, as Michael recalled it, with a longer set of forceps.
  — Markian Hawryluk and Heidi De Marco, chicagotribune.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• The baby’s heart rate was dropping, and so an emergency team came in and pulled him out with forceps.
  — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 4 June 2020
• Lucas still has a hard time looking to his right—the forceps initially left a huge welt over his right eye.
  — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 4 June 2020
• By his desk are three glove tools: a letter opener, pliers and forceps.
  — Kevin Armstrong, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2019
• Doctors had no choice but to pluck the bloodsuckers out, one by one, using forceps.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
• Using a pair of forceps, Wilder extracted the tiniest piece from the woman's organs, stopped the alarm bells, and stitched the woman back up.
  — Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 17 Jan. 2023
• He and Fearn are sitting in the office that has become their joint headquarters, where a box of tissues sits next to a pair of forceps.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 29 July 2019
• After a 45-minute process, using suction and forceps, doctors were able to extract the bug, still alive.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2017
• Michael Sharkey took out a pair of thin forceps and began examining his catch.
  — Brooke Jarvis, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
• Add a walking/wading stick, mash down the barbs on all hooks and use forceps to remove hooks without damaging the fish.
  — Bill May, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 May 2021
• The zinger is one of the best inventions in sport, essentially a small retractable leash for tools like clippers, forceps, and more.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2022
• Asingle alive leech was recovered from the urethra after ten days with the help of forceps.
  — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2018
• Most of the key surgical tools of 1980 were highly refined versions of classics that had been around for decades or even centuries, such as the scalpel and forceps.
  — Harry McCracken, Discover Magazine, 23 Sep. 2010
• Experts caution people not to touch the worms with their bare hands, and instead use gloves or disposable forceps.
  — Fox News, 4 July 2019
• The key to removal is to use tweezers or another fine-toothed forceps, rather than something more clunky like scissors.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• This includes a net, forceps or needle-nosed pliers and a camera if a photo is desired.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2022
• Utah wildlife managers say anglers should try to quickly remove the hook with forceps or needle-nosed pliers, and use wet hands when handling the fish.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2022
• But Borneo's exploding ants will even self-detonate far from their colony, or when lightly touched with forceps in the lab.
  — Douglas Main, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2011
• The website also includes signs once used to warn people of diseases such as whooping cough and a set of forceps used to force open the jaws of people with tetanus, or lockjaw.
  — Erin Blakemore, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2017
• Some of the other objects left inside patients included part of a pair of wire cutters, part of a scalpel blade, and the bolt from surgical forceps.
  — Bloomberg.com, 4 Jan. 2023
• The real culprit seems to have been a village vaccinator who dropped a forceps and failed to properly disinfect it.
  — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• Equipped with forceps and ultraviolet lights, researchers trekked through a grassy, rocky region of India.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024