How to Use slice off in a Sentence

slice off

phrasal verb

• For each onion, trim the root ends, then slice off enough of the dark green stems to leave a 3- to 4-inch piece.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 May 2023
• And in order to construct the dam, workers sliced off part of a hill.
  — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• One variation is to grate the corn rather than slice off the kernels.
  — Julia Turshen, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Line up all the spears in a row and slice off the ends simultaneously.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2024
• Or rather, his finger—sliced off and flung in disgust at Pádraic’s doorstep.
  — Hazlitt, 17 May 2023
• Pausing from picking, Cirone took a Fuji apple and sliced off a hunk with a knife.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• That team proposed slicing off the top of Miranda’s skull and then groping down to her brain stem.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
• Anyone attempting to write about the show would have to find a way to slice off a smaller segment and focus on that.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 June 2023
• How to Clean Morel Mushrooms Cut a thin slice off the bottom of each morel mushroom stem and, if desired, cut the mushrooms in half from stem to tip.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
• How to trim green beans The easiest way to trim green beans is to line them up on a cutting board and slice off the stem end that once connected the bean pod to the rest of the plant.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
• Instead, try lining up all of the spears on a cutting board and slicing off the ends all at once, cutting where the stalks turn from white into green.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 9 June 2023
• Instead, try lining up all of the spears on a cutting board and slicing off the ends all at once, cutting where the stalks turn from white into green.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• Diners pass around sturdy shanks, each held aloft by the shinbone, using a sharp knife to slice off bits of the dark meat, which is patterned with mold and smells of blue cheese.
  — Tim Ecott, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 May 2023
• As often as not, the snap is an undercut, slicing off solemnity at the knees.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• Sherman, meanwhile, plays a guest role as a nanny for the president’s son in the finale, whose face is sliced off when a chandelier gets dropped on her.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Oct. 2023
• Early humans had an easier time eating raw meat due to the creation of stone tools used to slice off more chewable portions.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2024
• Heavyweight trucks may soon be prohibited on a stretch of Swan Boulevard in Wauwatosa that passes under a railroad bridge that’s notorious for slicing off the tops of trucks that are too tall to clear it.
  — Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
• The Los Angeles Times reported in 1994 a poacher sliced off bear claws to be made into jewelry and then smuggled it to countries in Asia, where such commodities can go for thousands of dollars.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
• The Senate unveiled its own plan last week to slice off $17 billion from the deficit with early cuts, which include delaying and pulling back more than $1 billion to expand early education classrooms and support school facilities.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Although no serious injuries were reported in the previous several years, this year, according to local news media, shrapnel from the explosion of a steel pipe being used to launch fireworks sliced off a man’s arm.
  — Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 2 July 2023

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024