Example Sentences

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Next, they beam sound waves through a helmetlike device to a precise brain area.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024

To trigger a torporlike state noninvasively, researchers placed a tiny helmetlike probe on their rodent subjects that stimulated a deep brain structure with ultrasound waves.

From Scientific American • Jun. 5, 2023

A helmetlike head piece containing the antennas cradles your head so snugly it may touch your nose, yet your arms and legs are free.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 22, 2023

Meanwhile, Carolina Herrera, regal with her toreador posture and helmetlike coif, sits between her husband, Reinaldo, daughter Patricia and granddaughter Carolina.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2018

The woman with the helmetlike hair was eating her collard greens with her fingers.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie