How to Use lopper in a Sentence
lopper
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When the tree is too large to pull, take a small pruning saw or loppers and cut it off and herbicide the stump.
—Jefferson County Cooperative Extension, AL.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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Try using loppers or a Sawzall to remove the legs and head.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Sep. 2023
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But not all trees are shorn equally, and all are assessed before the saws and loppers come out.
—Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2016
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These Fiskar loppers are 28 inches long from handle to blade tip.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
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Use loppers for 3/8 inch thick wood up to, maybe, ¾ inch, providing the wood is soft and moist enough to cut easily.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
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Bring a water bottle, work gloves, tools (saws, loppers, rakes, etc.).
—courant.com, 8 Nov. 2019
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Larger branches should be cut with loppers, a pruning saw or even a chain saw.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 13 Jan. 2018
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Guns have been all but excised in this spinoff in favor of close-up choppers and loppers, like swords and axes.
—Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 27 June 2017
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This is when a chainsaw lopper or pole saw can be invaluable.
—The Editors, Field & Stream, 15 Aug. 2019
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Use pruners or loppers to remove or shorten limbs that may be in the way of landscape chores, buildings, drives or pathways.
—Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 July 2017
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Use loppers for trimming trees, cutting large woody stems and clearing brush.
—Jodi Torpey/ Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
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If your tools have moving parts, such as with pruners, shears, and loppers, disassemble them first.
—Cindy Daniel, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Use bypass pruners on small branches, loppers on medium-sized branches and a saw on big branches.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2023
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Clean, sharpen and sterilize cutting tools such as pruners and loppers.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2023
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Larger pruning shears like loppers can slice heavy tree branches or dense foliage up to 2 or 3 inches.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
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Saplings can be cut into manageable pieces with loppers, then fed into a wood chipper and turned into mulch.
—Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2019
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Like all other Fiskar pruning shears, this lopper is backed by a lifetime warranty.
—Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
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For trimming and pruning tasks that are too big for manual loppers but too small to use a regular chainsaw, reach for a mini chainsaw.
—Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 28 Mar. 2023
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However, there is something different about this new pair of loppers.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 2 May 2018
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A number of pruners and loppers feature a spring return ratcheting mechanism that requires less hand and wrist pressure.
—Jodi Torpey/ Special To The Denver Post, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2017
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Tommy Shelton and deputy Donald Dehnert, the inmates suited up with rubber boots, gloves, goggles, loppers and machetes before walking into the work area inside the park.
—Mayra Cruz, Houston Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2018
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Undaunted, Silver, a watershed ecologist, shoves the branches of sunny yellow out of the way, following the trail of her attack team of locals with loppers, set to beat back this invader: Scotch broom.
—Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2018
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