Example Sentences

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So one day, as Quigley’s dentist used a wandlike device that focused light to create a detailed 3-D tooth model, Quigley got an idea.

From Scientific American • Dec. 23, 2022

I lay on the examining table while she ran the wandlike transducer over my skin.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Using sound waves transmitted through a wandlike device applied to the chest, echocardiograms show the heart’s walls in motion, the tiny valves flipping open and closed and the blood streaming through them.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2014

The wandlike device, which more closely resembles the Wii's remote controller, is also due out in the autumn, putting it in direct competition with Kinect.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2010

Upon the mesas of the south we often see a shrubby member of the mallow family, with long, wandlike branches ornamented with closely set, pink flowers, of delicate texture and pleasant perfume.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth