How to Use razor blade in a Sentence

razor blade

noun
  • The 36-year-old raised a knife or a razor blade towards the 32-year-old man.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
  • One was snapped in a Victor trap in the garage during the night, its neck sliced by the razor blade.
    Oliver Whang, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • When the patch cures slightly but is still rubbery, slice off the excess with a razor blade.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Use a razor blade or utility knife to trim excess film along the edges.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • Get a thick, black Sharpie marker and cut a very shallow groove in the tip with a razor blade or utility knife.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Or scrape with a single-edge razor blade held at a 45-degree angle or less.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • In this case, a signature guitar shaped like a razor blade.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Here's how to quickly remove latex paint from glass with a razor blade.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The preferred method is to use a fresh razor blade to open up the seam slightly or, in the case of the bubble, make a slice along the side to open it up enough to get in adhesive.
    Mark Philben, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In 2012 a defendant in the final stages of a murder trial whipped out a razor blade and slashed the cheek of his then-defense lawyer in front of the jury.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • Without waiting for the cooktop to cool, use a razor blade in a holder to move the spilled material to a cool part of the cooktop.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Spread a little cleaner on the spill, then scrape it off with a single-edge razor blade held at a 45-degree angle to the surface.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Cavalcante had a razor blade in his backpack when he was captured this week, Clark said.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • For a week, Sung hung each day’s Dong-a Ilbo newspaper on a gallery wall, removed the articles with a razor blade, and placed them in a box.
    Andrew Russeth, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Scrape off as much as possible, using a razor blade held as flat as possible to the surface.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Jensen returned with a razor blade mounted to a toothbrush and Creech hit him in the head with the sock weapon, knocking him to the ground and shattering the plastic plate that protected his brain.
    Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Warning: When scraping glass with a razor blade scraper, always hold the scraper flat against the glass, moving forward in a steady straight motion.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Her bare back faces the camera as her colleague, the superbly gifted artist Judie Bamber, methodically draws into her soft, pale skin with a sharp razor blade.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Unlike a traditional electric razor, a head shaver gets as close to the head as possible without using a razor blade.
    Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2023
  • However, Coleman adds a few EDC supplies that can come in handy unexpectedly: two safety pins and a razor blade.
    Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The average robot mower (there are some exceptions) uses multiple small steel pieces, each about the size of a razor blade, to remove very small amounts of grass over many days and multiple passes.
    Kate Morgan, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2023
  • Grasping a razor blade, a 24-year-old woman eyed a stranger who had just kindly held open a Gwinnett County gas station’s glass entrance door for her Sunday night, authorities said.
    David Aaro, ajc, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Our tester had two other people help her with the application process and reported that the wallpaper was easy to cut with a razor blade and the bubbles were also easy to smooth out, even though her older walls provided a bit of a challenge.
    Erin Johnson, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Many makers of popular devices now see repair and maintenance as a kind of annuity, a stream of revenue similar in type to that provided by sales of a printer cartridge or razor blade.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The one shaped like a razor blade, though, has unsurprisingly garnered controversy for potentially glorifying self-harm and cutting.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024

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