How to Use x-ray in a Sentence
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The blue dress was inspired by x-rays, which are patterned into the designs.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
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The technique used for imaging this growth is called small angle x-ray scattering.
—IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2017
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Prints play with negative space, resulting in an x-ray effect.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
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Doctor showing smiling patient a lung x-ray scan image.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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Gifford wanted to put one of these portable X-ray devices to the test in space.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026
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That led to x-rays, an MRI and eventually a full body bone scan.
—Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA Today, 26 June 2026
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If so, the x-ray and radio outbursts from these objects would be cloaked behind dense cocoons of ionized gas.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
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Around the fire pit is an x-ray mesh that helps radiate heat and provides you with a 360-degree view.
—Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Believing his x-ray eyes could pierce through a defence no matter the density of bodies.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026
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Diesel also showed denim bleached from the inside out, creating an x-ray effect on the garment.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
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Records show that doctors ordered dozens of CT scans and x-rays, including for his head, neck, and spine.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 14 Jan. 2026
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Some astronomers are skeptical that the x-ray dot is anything special, however.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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The background hum comes from X-ray emissions detected by Chandra.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2026
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Researchers have found what might be a little red dot transitioning into its final state, where x-rays burst through its gas cocoon.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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The authors have put in proposals for further observations of the x-ray dot to resolve those questions.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
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Researchers hope to use x-rays and other advanced imaging methods to uncover the text under the drawing.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Mar. 2026
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The star produces x-rays as its stellar wind hits the cooler interstellar medium surrounding the star.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026
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Agents then referred the vehicle for a secondary inspection and used X-ray equipment to scan the truck and trailer.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
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Previously, scientists have used x-ray pulses, which have a much shorter wavelength.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2016
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The prosthetic leg was put through the X-ray scanner, revealing a folding knife in the underside heel of the foot.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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One patient, Sahar Manour, drove from Pembroke Pines to get x-rays and a deep cleaning, all in the same day.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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The front office and fan base of Tampa Bay could exhale when Caminero’s X-ray came back negative.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 15 July 2026
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The non-profit marine wildlife hospital said after an initial exam and X-ray on his skull, it was discovered that he had been shot.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
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The CT scanner rotates an x-ray source around the bag, capturing an image roughly every half-degree.
—Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 29 Jan. 2026
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In posts to Facebook and Instagram, Strings shared an up-close view of his leg x-ray, which depicted a fracture to his leg.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
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Compared with ultrasound, x-ray scans are both easier and quicker to perform and assess with minimal training.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 15 July 2026
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Technology has now reached the stage where small-scale, portable X-ray devices are commonplace on Earth.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026
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And just in time for the holiday, at checkpoint two, new 3D x-ray machines have been put in place to speed up the TSA process.
—CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
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Currently, members of the public go through magnetometers and x-ray machines inside the lobby area beneath the grand staircase.
—Elise Spenner, ABC News, 14 July 2026
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In this case, the passenger submitted their prosthetic for X-ray screening, which revealed a folding knife in the underside heel of the foot.
—Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
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Sandy sends her out for an X-ray.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
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An X-ray laser slashed across the bio-andy.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
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Yet, all she was given was an X-ray.
—Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 9 Dec. 2025
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An X-ray found enlarged lymph nodes.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
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An X-ray confirmed there was a hook in her mouth.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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This ruled out cosmic rays as a cause of this X-ray echo.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
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But the equipment on hand was too small to X-ray the horse.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
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On the far right, X-rays are in there, microwaves are in there.
—WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
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All of his bloodwork and a chest X-ray have come back normal.
—Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 25 May 2026
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All of his bloodwork and a chest X-ray have come back normal.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
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Trout got an X-ray, which was negative.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
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There are many X-ray lines detected.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Some of those patients have come to him for X-rays for those injuries.
—Samantha Delouya, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
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Blood and urine labs are ordered — but no routine chest X-ray.
—Mark Ryan, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
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This X-ray study exposed what time and stress have done to the spacecraft.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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X-ray imaging tests confirmed the corneas had indeed matched the mold’s shape.
—Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
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So was Will Zhang, the X-ray mirror lead of the project.
—Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
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An X-ray showed that the wire from her spinal fusion had broken and pierced her brain stem.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Not far from the X-ray lab are a twin pair of labs behind thick, almost vault-like doors.
—New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025
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This time, doctors ordered X-rays and found fractures in her legs and wrist.
—Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
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An X-ray taken the next day at the jail showed a fracture in Vang’s arm.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
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Waves in the X-ray range have short wavelengths, while radio waves and microwaves are much longer.
—Thomas Linker, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
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Children's toys, strollers, carries and backpacks must got through X-ray or be hand screened.
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Mar. 2026
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The procedure starts with X-rays to determine how long your bone is.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 June 2025
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In addition to that, the jet also sprays X-rays across the galaxy.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
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Barrymore and the technician went through all the steps of the X-ray process.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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The second X-ray shows a nail holding together the joint.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
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Doctors track every move in real time with X-ray imaging.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
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Tracks from the beetle larvae are visible to the naked eye and, more deeply, to X-rays.
—Christopher Knight, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
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Instead, many pulses of X-rays will create snapshots over time, like frames on a film reel.
—The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
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