How to Use microscope in a Sentence

microscope

noun

• Students viewed the crystals through a microscope.
• The next step was to put all that steel under the microscope.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2019
• The team was able to observe this process through a microscope.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• With the aid of a microscope, suddenly a new world of gills and spores opened up.
  — Barbara Hall, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2022
• When one of the lab’s slides goes under a microscope, the ager zooms in on the long vertical edge of the tooth root.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 28 Sep. 2023
• The pollens stick to the grease, then the center stains and counts them under a microscope.
  — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2021
• Still, like Ainge said, the franchise is now built around the star tandem and the microscope is on them.
  — Sean Deveney, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• Plaids were scaled up as if peered at through a microscope.
  — Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
• The team watched under a microscope as the two species closed in on each other.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 June 2025
• Touch plants, grind them up and smell them, study them under microscopes, and meet the gente who care for them.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Feb. 2023
• The life and death struggles of insects are viewed through a microscope.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
• But too much time under the microscope can cause its own harms.
  — Grace Huckins, Wired, 6 Jan. 2021
• Of course, there’s also a painter’s easel, a chisel, and a microscope.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2022
• Your work is under a microscope as the sun and Saturn align.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
• Under the microscope, Prometheoarchaeum proved to be a strange beast.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020
• And several hairs from the Hiller Lock were put under the microscope.
  — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
• And most of them were that he was put under the microscope and challenged in a number of areas.
  — Tyler James, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Dec. 2020
• Even so, Nielsen has been under a microscope for months.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Mar. 2022
• The lineup and rotation will be under the microscope for the next two months.
  — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 25 July 2025
• Its top bib was made of intricate white lace like the veins of a petal under a microscope.
  — Thomas Adamson, USA TODAY, 5 July 2022
• The name comes from the virus’ shape, which under a microscope looks like a blob surrounded by crown-like spikes.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2020
• Through the microscope, the yeast resembled dish soap suds.
  — James Dinneen, Wired, 8 Jan. 2022
• Now, though, fixing the screen on an iPhone will require a microscope.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 7 Nov. 2021
• One of those includes the Foldscope, a microscope made from paper that costs $1.75 to make.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
• The rules are so tiny as to appear like pin dots, but are legible under the lens of a microscope.
  — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
• Woodward sliced the middle of the bones and examined them through a microscope.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
• Ohio State's defense, under the microscope all week, was a mixed bag.
  — Bill Rabinowitz, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2021
• The team took slices from the bones of all the specimens and mounted them on slides to take a closer look under a microscope.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
• The sector continues to be under the microscope as concerns swirl about the strength of the U.S. consumer.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
• First, Baum and his colleagues took a close look at hundreds of teeth, and picked the most pristine, cataloging their starting state with high resolution photographs taken under a microscope.
  — Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2025