How to Use shaving in a Sentence

shaving

noun
  • Don’t brush your hair over the sink or rinse shavings down the drain.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 2 Dec. 2023
  • The Keeper of the Blades gave me my razor and shaving cream.
    Kate Tsurkan, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Next, apply the shaving cream, gel or soap of your choice.
    Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Place the cream on damp skin, then proceed with shaving.
    Sara Miranda, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The chocolate shavings sprinkled on top add a nice touch, too.
    Brittany Natale, Redbook, 26 July 2023
  • But Bevel is a standout in the grooming and shaving scene.
    Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
  • The lock on the door to a seventh floor suite appeared damaged with metal shavings on the floor.
    cleveland, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Which isn’t to say that not shaving has to be a question of making a statement.
    Chiara Wilkinson, Vogue, 21 July 2023
  • For dry shaving, simply run the shaver over clean, dry skin to remove hair.
    Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Then, Daniel recommends shaving off the root ball on all sides and the bottom by about an inch.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The Mowbie beard trimmer can be used for wet or dry shaving.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 3 Aug. 2022
  • As a boy, Bud was once dispatched to return a shaving mug to the congressman.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The 2020 offers a bouquet of red cherry, cedar shavings, and a touch of warm vanilla.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 2 May 2023
  • And the head shaving is something that St. Baldrick’s has been doing has been doing as an event [for some time].
    Mat Issa, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Men’s face, beard and deodorant products have been added and hair and shaving are next.
    Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The shavings are carefully layered (so as to not become globs of meat) on a thick French roll.
    Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appétit, 16 June 2023
  • Litter consists of waste and the wood shavings or rice hulls spread on the floors of chicken houses to absorb that waste.
    Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 10 June 2023
  • The crown jewel of the brand is the perfectly-weighted razor that makes shaving smooth and simple.
    Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • First time wearing a bra, first time shaving, first dance with a crush, first awkward kiss at a party.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Our Downwind Drop Point breezed through 20 inches of sisal rope and kept shaving paper through 16 of those cuts.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Much of the shavings in the enclosure were wet, either from urine or a leaky water bottle.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In the shaving scene, Grayaa’s cheeks, lathered with shaving foam, call to mind mountains buried under drifts of snow.
    Catherine Bray, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Faulty parts had been installed in some of the planes, and metal shavings were often left inside the jets, the NYT reported.
    Peter Vercoe, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
  • There are two shaving elements and a middle trimmer so the razor glides over the contours of your face with ease.
    Ellen McAlpine, menshealth.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Later during the livestream, Doja whipped out some shaving cream and a razor to shave off her eyebrows.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Zsofia worked her magic to make the letters carved into the stone emerge, scraping shaving cream across its surface.
    John Temple, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2022
  • They were designed to use excess potato shavings from frozen french fries.
    Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Her parents have lamented about the lack of shaving and attribute it to depression.
    Ana Escalante, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Cord cutting and cord shaving continues to happen at a rapid clip.
    Derek Baine, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Alice and Lois Give students a brush-up on the water cycle by setting shaving-cream clouds on top of a glass of water.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 June 2022

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