VISE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for VISE, such as:

1. The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vise.
2. The chill that had been running down Pierre's back now seized his head as in a vise.
3. Before filing its edges, the locksmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise.

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 Meanings and Examples of VISE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
vise
 n.  tool has two jaws to hold work piece firmly in place
Classic Sentence:
1  But his hands were bound; and at the first movement he made, he felt the grasp of the powerful Indian who directed the band, pressing his shoulder like a vise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
2  The chill that had been running down Pierre's back now seized his head as in a vise.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER X
Example Sentence:
1  Before filing its edges, the locksmith took the blank key and fixed it firmly between the jaws of a vise.
2  The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vise.