7 sentences with 'beam'
Example sentences and phrases with the word beam and other words derived from it.
• « In the first, a powerful beam was directed at the tumor, usually five times a week for seven or eight weeks, until the cancer disappeared. »
• « The ultrasonic beam of a horseshoe-nosed bat, an ugly critter if ever there was one, has the power, scaled up, of an anti-aircraft searchlight. In a volume of hundreds of cubic metres of empty air, this little monster with wings like umbrellas and ears like eyes can clearly perceive the tiny speck of a moth, which it then tries to invite to a "business lunch" with the guest, like any other menu. »
• « Thus, the moth "illuminated" by the ultrasound beam tries to move away long before it appears as a target in the bat's brain. To counteract this liveliness of the moths, the bats have developed the hesitant trajectory, criss-crossed by capricious curves, untimely detours and incalculable removals. »
• « When it reached 30 centimetres, the tree managed to twist 90 degrees and began to grow horizontally, in the direction of the beam of light. »
• « His conclusions leave no doubt: "They were exterminated by high-tech weapons, far superior to the laser beam," he states in his writings dated 1935. »