beam

Example Sentences

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It sounds like your parents aren’t really a financial support beam for you anymore, which is why it feels unnatural when they foot the bill, even if it’s for a special occasion.

From MarketWatch

Pulsars emit powerful beams of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles at intervals measured in milliseconds.

From Science Daily

Ellie is beaming as she talks from her home in Essex about the phone call she had dreamed about for years.

From BBC

Veronica Viera, the company's payload operations lead, shows us an image that the satellite beamed back from space.

From BBC

A row over the disappearance of a famous river surfing wave in Munich escalated on Sunday as authorities removed a beam inserted over Christmas to recreate the attraction.

From Barron's