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Recent Examples of scalpelOne common surgical option is excision, where the fibroma is completely removed using surgical tools such as a scalpel.—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 23 Nov. 2024 Vekic’s version is slightly more sword-and-sword — her forehand, particularly inside-out and on-the-rise, is more of a swinging axe, while her drop-shot is as precise as a scalpel.—Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024 Taking the same medicine to treat two different conditions is two different treatments, just as using a scalpel to remove a brain tumor is a different treatment than using a scalpel to perform a lobotomy.—The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024 Opening with the calamitous IPO of a green-energy startup managed by the series’ fictional banking giant, Pierpoint & Co., the season took a scalpel to the hypocrisy-prone phenomenon of socially conscious capitalism.—Judy Berman, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scalpel
The department wrote that Ross turned toward an officer with the knife in hand.
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Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2025
The pardons for those who attacked the U.S. Capitol included those who didn’t commit violence as well as those who carried firearms, Tasers, and knives into the melee, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
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Patrik Jonsson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 Jan. 2025
Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.
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David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.
It's been a few years since the last James Bond movie hit theaters, but Saweetie is ready to step into the stilettos of legendary Bond Girls before her with this ultra-sharp bob.
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Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.
Why did federal agents seize — and then return — $5 million worth of switchblades from a Colorado man?
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Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.
Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.
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City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
In fact, up until World War II, the most common method for finding the explosives was to prod the ground with a pointed stick or bayonet.
The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
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Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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