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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tweeze.

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Examples

  • When I clicked on the "Why?" under a recent recommendation for the Victorinox Swiss Army Knife Spartan, I found it was because I once ordered apparel that was, admittedly, Spartan, but was something to wear rather than a device that cuts, tweezes and opens a bottle of wine.

    Making the 'Read' Decision 2009

  • Ellen moves to the bed and tweezes the sheet free.

    No Limits Peter David 2003

  • "When you're eighty and the gout tweezes you, you'll be swearing like a trooper," Terence remarked.

    The Voyage Out 1915

  • She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).

    Winnipeg Sun 2010

  • She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • She also shaves her legs and upper chest and tweezes her eyebrows.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).

    Ottawa Sun 2010

  • Melanie tweezes stray hairs outside of the area she has mapped out and filled in with tweezers ($25, Tweezerman for Benefit Slant Tip Tweezers).

    Ottawa Sun 2010

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