How to Use pincher in a Sentence

pincher

noun
  • First, the pincher and her mafia friend team up for a massive heist.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While this might sound dystopic to us, for the pincher the city is perfect.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The pincher goes back and forth between the heist, which will come first, and the lab.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Maryland crabs aren't a dime a dozen, and the cocky little pinchers know it.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 25 July 2023
  • An earwig has a set of pinchers on the lower end of its body and wings that are rolled up just above its pinchers.
    — Eric Guzmán, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024
  • The Lego creature sported a pincher on its head and brandished a whip-like tail.
    — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Instead of burning your fingers next time, pull out these adorable bunny tongs where the ears act as the pinchers.
    — Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2024
  • Moreover, the pincher herself gets something else from the music scene.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Often, the pincher is in the company of an elder who lectures to her.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The seats in the new car are single-piece pinchers like the ones that left a bruise on my thigh in 1996.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Dickens’ timeless holiday tale of a penny-pincher and three ghosts hits this week.
    — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
  • These lectures are more difficult, mind-blowing even, yet the pincher doesn’t engage much.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The pincher has invented a device that can pull a huge amount of electricity.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • But none of those tactics have fully contained the invasive pinchers.
    — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • With the pincher’s help, Pola hopes to run an experiment to test those questions.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The brown crustaceans are about 2 to 3 inches long with 10 legs, with two of them being pinchers in the front.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
  • In Ply, his leg work shows when the pincher meets an eccentric physicist named Pola.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The silicone pinchers are designed to easily grip handles on a hot pot or when working with your outdoor grill.
    — Jack Byram, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Earwigs, often called pincher bugs, are small insects known for their distinctive rear pincers or forceps.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 July 2026
  • Not every billionaire has been a pandemic penny pincher, though.
    — Hank Tucker, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • And for the penny pinchers, retail electricity providers have plans that sound discounted.
    — L.m. Sixel, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Pola, too, is drawn to the pincher because of her power capacity and tinkering skills.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • As punishment, men and women were burned slowly to death at the stake, sawn in half, impaled and had their heads and hands cut off after torture with hot pinchers.
    — Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann, Quartz Africa, 13 July 2019
  • Lucky for us penny pinchers, South Florida is grocery store heaven.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Who would have ever imagined that working for a penny pincher like Frank McCourt would be a plus?
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2021
  • The walker features a cockpit for a human pilot, a pair of arms ending in pinchers, and enormous metal legs ending in ski-like feet.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2018
  • We were particularly impressed by how much stronger our baby's hands and pincher skills were after playing with the magic tissue box for a few weeks.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Despite their appearance, earwigs (or pincher bugs) are typically harmless but can wreak havoc on plants.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024
  • Long known as aging penny pinchers, Japanese shoppers in recent months have decided to spend.
    — Thisanka Siripala, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Ines takes a shine to both women, and the time the trio spends together, like the time the pincher and Sol shared in the first half of the book, forms a temporary idyll.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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