How to Use scalpel in a Sentence

scalpel

noun
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  • One did it with a scalpel and one did it with an AK-47.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The question is, will that person trim it with a scalpel or a cleaver?
    — Kyle Whitmire, al, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Then, your doctor will use a scalpel to pierce the stye and remove the contents of the bump with a curette.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 15 Jan. 2019
  • Claire heats up her scalpel while Jamie offers Tom some whiskey and a stick to bite down on for the pain.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Much of Western New York went untouched by the Democrats’ scalpel.
    — Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The first requires a scalpel to one’s heart and the second requires one lay down their sword.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2017
  • She’s hoping to have the same kind of talent someday with a scalpel.
    — Tony Baranek, Daily Southtown, 30 June 2018
  • In modern times people have even used it to make scalpels.
    — PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The desert was entirely black now and cooling, the scalpel scrape of the sun finally off the land.
    — Paolo Bacigalupi, Wired News, 27 May 2015
  • Michael felt that man cut into his belly with a scalpel.
    — Moises Velasquez-Manoff, WIRED, 8 May 2018
  • Dr. Albert Chi even called out for scotch tape as if asking for a scalpel.
    — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 22 June 2017
  • But keep in mind: When the tool at hand is a scalpel and not a needle, the result isn't going to wear off in a few months.
    — Jens Ingvarsson, Allure, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Baseball is doing its best to dull its knife, which once was scalpel-sharp.
    — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 May 2018
  • Cutting and splicing the genome could be a great deal cheaper than using scalpels and lasers on the body.
    — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
  • These days, a scalpel and an appointment aren't needed to try out it out.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Indeed, Frangello also takes the scalpel to her own chest.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Maria and her team stayed five months, working with scalpels, slowly peeling away the paint.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 30 May 2018
  • My brushes and palette knife are the scalpels of a skillful surgeon.
    — courant.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • But a 31 percent cut would take a meat ax to the department, not a scalpel, these people say.
    — Gardiner Harris, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2017
  • There are graphic depictions of surgery, including a drill to the skull and a scalpel to skin.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The video, with a team of Black women wielding scalpels, is a gory comeuppance.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Before the scalpels, the forceps, and the surgical needles, Tom Jones knew steel.
    — Alana Semuels, The Atlantic, 15 May 2017
  • No one could prove that a scalpel had slipped because of distraction.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • In fetal surgery, the slightest squeeze or tilt of a scalpel can be the difference between life and death.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Inside his car, police found a scalpel, X-rays and orders for medicine.
    — Los Angeles Times, oregonlive.com, 24 Aug. 2019
  • Of the dozens of devices implanted in his body over the years, most were inserted with his own scalpel.
    — Wired, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The doctors’ sense of humor and compassion turn out to be just as admirable as their skills with a scalpel.
    — Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Really that's just a fancy name for what amounts to a scalpel facial.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 8 June 2018
  • However, instead of putting the play under the scalpel, Beauchamp remains faithful to the script.
    — Tirdad Derakhshani, Philly.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Policymakers should treat sanctions like a scalpel, not a Swiss Army knife.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021

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