Examples of death ray in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Played by George Barrows, the alien robot Ro-Man comes to Earth and kills most of humanity with his death ray, but spares Alice (Barrett),a scientist's daughter, after he becomes attracted to her. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021 Their sloughed bodies look like the remnants of a cicada massacre, perhaps by death ray. — David Gilbert, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020 His second-in-command, Janney’s Pam Gluckin, is more hard-nosed—her deadpan glare is practically a death ray. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 Apr. 2020 Roy Weatherby's darling, the .257, is one of the most powerful commercially available .25 calibers, and kills deer like a death ray. — Jeff Johnston, Field & Stream, 22 Aug. 2019 The Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes used the parabolic mirror, so the story goes, to deter a fleet of approaching ships, crafting a solar death ray using panels of what was likely polished bronze. — Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian, 9 Feb. 2018 Despite his breakthrough inventions (alternating current, fluorescent bulbs, lasers, robotics, wireless power and even a death ray), he's fallen into obscurity. — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2017

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