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

When the first dryness of summer is beginning to make itself felt, the tall wandlike sprays of the little lilac snapdragon begin to appear along our dusty roadsides.

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