They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard-boiled shears.    From LearnThat.org.  [Arthur Guiterman]

His neatly trimmed hair.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

She wore a karaginu and train trimmed with three folds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan] Reference

The win trimmed Arizona's lead in the NL West to one game.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Also, any frayed strings of kevlar should be trimmed from the wicks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hooping.org | Blog | Fire Up! Fire Hooping With Kahunahula] Reference

The captain trimmed from about two knots per hour to a gradual stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joco boat show] Reference

In this tight film, there is little fat that could have been trimmed from the running time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference

His tunic was of heavy silk covered with a leopard cloak, and on his feet were shoes of goat-skin trimmed with fur.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Way to Christmas] Reference

I was a little disappointed that the cut we saw last night was trimmed from the original 125 minutes, down to 96 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Pull something good from the ashes..."] Reference

There is a lot that can be trimmed from the standard Ubuntu installation, without affecting the use of the operating system too much.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Bloat « Inane Bits] Reference

The IMF's estimate was trimmed from a previous 1.8% because Japan is still struggling to emerge from nearly two decades of anemic growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [World Watch] Reference

He looks like he's really kind of trimmed down and looking more fit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2008] Reference

Because you ` re really the first Libertarian that has kind of trimmed the edges a little bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 28, 2008] Reference

Surely Peter must have "trimmed" many times in the days which preceded his actual discipleship.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference

It is gathered or trimmed from the coco palms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roofing Thatch] Reference

Cologne, and "trimmed" with a wick in the usual manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants] Reference

They 'trimmed' their Home Nursing Department last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Marietta Times] Reference

So I went to Supercuts last weekend just to get my hair "trimmed".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mormon Mommy Wars] Reference

The squad was "trimmed" in the close season in an attempt to cut costs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

If it's a tear and can be 'trimmed' he should be able to come back sooner.    From Wordnik.com.  [CourierPostOnline.com - News] Reference

As he was talking the boat was being "trimmed" by admitting water as ballast into the proper tanks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dream Doctor] Reference

Hutton "trimmed" over to the other side of the boat, and once again our little craft darted forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference

When all memory cells have been used at least once and not "trimmed", this is where the slowdown will show up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neoseeker News Feed] Reference

A trimmed-mean estimator is the weighted average of the CPI after some proportion of the extreme values of the index are "trimmed" away.    From Wordnik.com.  [macroblog] Reference

"trimmed," and garnished with their feathers, flowers, and ribbons.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Tar] Reference

"trimmed" in "frame-up" at cards, and a hunted man was certain to find assistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

"trimmed" in "frame-ups" at cards, and a hunted man was certain to find assistance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bar-20 Days] Reference

His 1986 reform plan trimmed income-tax rates for the wealthy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Buzz About Bradley] Reference

"And so he trimmed his love smaller and smaller," Schlink writes.    From Wordnik.com.  [A World In Shades Of Gray] Reference

It has also trimmed its payroll of 60,000 by more than 12 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle Of The Nordic Giants] Reference

Major companies like Gucci and Prada have trimmed their profit forecasts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vive La Mode!] Reference

Soft-spoken with a neatly trimmed mustache, he's more like a college professor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Detroit: It's All on The Line] Reference

He has not only cut his bouffant hairdo, he's trimmed his rhetorical flourishes as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Political Lives: Is Bush Unbeatable In 2004 Election?] Reference

To cut costs, Nissan trimmed its R&D budgets and delayed model changes whenever possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Weapon] Reference

The once black curls and unkempt beard are neatly trimmed now and shot through with gray.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Most Popular Politician on Earth'] Reference

Well, got to close -- the village is having the trees trimmed, and I don't want to miss it!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pride And Prejudice] Reference

They trimmed it to two-and-a-half hours and screened it for an audience in central Florida.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Blair Witch Cult] Reference

"I badly want to go home," says the 35-year-old driver who wears a thin, well-trimmed beard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fight Flub] Reference

At one house, the lawn is neatly trimmed and a small purple bicycle leans near the front door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slums of Suburbia] Reference