beam
noun
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
have beamed
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present perfectof beam.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Telescopes orbiting far above the blurring and absorptive effects of Earth’s atmosphere have beamed back sharp images from the remotest parts of the cosmos.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2019
The radio and x-ray signals come from the jet, which at first would have beamed them too narrowly along its axis to be seen from Earth.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 16, 2017
I have beamed with joy at graduations, and wept for students lost.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2011
Mr. Stein, like a lot of the men there, seemed to have beamed in from 1962.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2011
Through her tears shone faintly a light, which, but for the agony that made it dim, would have beamed radiant.
From The Spirit of the Border by Grey, Zane
