manicuring

present participle of manicure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for manicuring
Verb
  • Anvil pruners shine when pruning thicker dead wood.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This easy task is known as thumb pruning and facilitates keeping the bush open to air and sun.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The couple can be seen having a blast as Hart took the clippers and started trimming Wilkerson's beard in various ways, eventually splitting it into three long strands.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Melissa Joan Hart is showing off her impressive beard-trimming skills!
    Gil Macias, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • And the itemizing of it, breaking it up, short form, the clipping it out.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
  • No one can explain why his condition isn’t improving, but Dexter begins to pick up on some clues, namely that Nurse Mary is clipping obituaries from the newspaper.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • At the same time, Irvine Company is paring down its downtown holdings.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • London time, paring earlier gains after climbing as much as 11% earlier in the session.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The legislature’s actions curtailing the Ethics Commission have led Chaffee to rethink how her group wrote the initial ballot initiative.
    Jacob Orledge, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The National Institutes of Health agrees that curtailing these foods would be beneficial.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Ukrainian government alleges that the hacking group works for Russia’s Federal Security Service, or what was once the Soviet Union’s spy agency, the KGB.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Symantec has attributed the attack to a Russian hacking group called Shuckworm or Gamaredon, which has been active since at least 2013.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Manicuring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manicuring. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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