How to Use ice pick in a Sentence
ice pick
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Score a line across the top of the slab with your saw, knife, or ice pick.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 7 Sep. 2023
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They had been stabbed a total of 143 times with an ice pick, an ax and a knife.
—Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2021
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That’s how Trotsky wound up with an ice pick lodged in his skull.
—Aaron Zimmerman, Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2020
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First of all, who still owns an ice pick in the futuristic age of the ice tray?
—Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2022
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In the scene from the 1992 film, Stone’s character stabs a victim to death with an ice pick.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2021
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The corkscrew went into the soil like an ice pick through a hamburger.
—Ryan D'agostino, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2020
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Then, the woman said, Madison stabbed Kyzer with an ice pick in the hands, chest and neck.
—Carol Robinson, AL.com, 26 Jan. 2018
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Probe joist ends and sill plates with a screwdriver or an ice pick.
—Jim Gorman, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2015
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She'd been stabbed 11 times with an ice pick before her killer posed her corpse by the water.
—Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
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An ice pick and knife can add a touch of drama to your cocktail-making.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2021
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The lobotomy is a favorite, a swift blow with a hammer and ice pick straight through the eye socket.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2021
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Williams was dragged several blocks to the courthouse as someone from the mob stabbed him over and over again with an ice pick.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2021
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Deaton, found on the banks of a Houston bayou, had been raped and fatally stabbed with an ice pick and was a friend of Bible’s cousin.
—Michael Graczyk, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2018
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Use a clean flat-head screwdriver or ice pick to remove the coconut pieces.
—Washington Post, 23 June 2021
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One easy way to make a set is to purchase two ice picks with buoyant wooden handles and about six feet of strong cord.
—Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2020
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He had been shot in the leg and was in a hospital when he was tied in a straitjacket, thrown out a window and stabbed with ice picks by a mob.
—al, 22 Oct. 2019
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Investigators found a knife and ice pick at the scene, the New York Post reported.
—Fox News, 22 June 2021
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The mob stabbed him with ice picks, dragged his body three blocks to the courthouse in downtown Salisbury, a small city on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
—Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
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At one point, the teenager may have had an ice pick but didn’t threaten or injure anyone with it, Rodriguez said.
—Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2021
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Bundy was first arrested in 1975 after police pulled him over and found an ice pick, panty hose and handcuffs in his car.
—Fox News, 6 Feb. 2020
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Like all good outdoor survival tools, an ice pick is a versatile tool.
—Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 17 Feb. 2021
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For ice pick, rolling, and boxcar scars, Gross says to seek a collagen-boosting treatment, like the in-office laser Smooth Beam.
—Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2020
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David Blaine had a feeling his ice pick trick was going to go wrong during his recent live show in Las Vegas.
—Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
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The 20-year-old was covered in bruises and had been stabbed 11 times with an ice pick before her killer posed her corpse by the water, according to court records.
—Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2018
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Don crampons, wield ice picks, and learn how glacial morphology has molded the landscape of the region.
—National Geographic, 12 June 2019
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Napier was unarmed but a folding knife and ice pick tool were found on a wall in the garage near him, according to the autopsy report.
—Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Oct. 2017
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While these can be good for rolling and boxcar scars, ice pick scars may require a more intense peel, like TCA (trichloroacetic acid) cross therapy.
—Aryelle Siclait, Women's Health, 26 May 2023
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Investigators found that the victims were stabbed 143 times with an ice pick, knife and hatchet.
—Washington Post, 29 May 2021
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Investigators said they were stabbed more than 140 times with an ice pick, knife and hatchet.
—NBC News, 30 May 2021
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When officers arrived at the crash scene, Wu was still inside the truck, threw glass at a paramedic’s face and tried to hide an ice pick from officers.
—William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 30 Mar. 2022
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