How to Use scan in a Sentence

scan

1 of 2 verb

• She scanned through the list to find her name.
• Their bags were scanned at the airport.
• She quickly scanned the pages of the newspaper.
• She scanned his face for any clue to what he was thinking.
• He scanned the field with binoculars.
• This machine scans a patient's brain.
• He scanned the audience looking for his parents.
• My eyes scanned the crowd for Leo.
  — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
• Once you're set up, use your phone to scan the skies for faint hazy glows.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
• The bull scans the crowd in the ring, alert to any challenge.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• My eyes scanned the faces around me, all of them powdered in ash.
  — Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
• Now, Seales and his team have scanned 45 scrolls.
  — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
• The issue isn’t only that your plate may be scanned.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
• Stop and scan for strutters in the distance.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2026
• Then, scan your seed packets for sowing times.
  — Marianne Willburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2026
• Gonce would call and call, scanning the street, her mind racing.
  — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
• Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
  — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
• Orders must be placed or scanned with the Del Yeah!
  — Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
• Winners will scan a QR code to get their prize.
  — Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
• Disney had scanned this stuff back in 2014.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Jan. 2026
• Winners can scan a QR code on the cup to get their prize.
  — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
• Winners can scan a QR code on the cup to get their prize.
  — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
• Use your phone camera first to scan the sky for signs of auroras.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
• Use your phone camera first to scan the sky for signs of auroras.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
• Take the time to scan from top to bottom, and don’t be afraid to gently move items aside.
  — Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
• Eddie has to get scanned every three months until next year.
  — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
• With practice, patients learn to scan text and adjust zoom to read.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
• Disk Cleaner scans your drives to find files that aren’t needed at all.
  — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
• Users will be able to scan these codes with a mobile device to open product pages.
  — ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
• Rather than scanning a room with his eyes, Klaus will use his paws to feel his way around.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

scan

2 of 2 noun

• The doctor examined the bone scans.
• The patient underwent a brain scan.
• The number of scans just went through the roof.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• More scans made clear that the cancer was gone.
  — Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
• Check your breasts, push for scans, don't be afraid to talk about it.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• One-time dark web scans have limits, too.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026
• Forty-nine percent of them said yes to a scan.
  — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
• Over a year later, his scans are still clear.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
• And both of us — my dog's getting a scan right now.
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
• And both of us — my dog's getting a scan right now.
  — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
• And both of us — my dog's getting a scan right now.
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
• All within 36 hours of ground scans!
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
• The scan takes about 60 seconds.
  — Richard Lawler, The Verge, 18 June 2026
• The scan revealed a small lesion in his prostate.
  — Jordan D. Metzl, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
• Every one of those scans passes through the heart.
  — Peter Gunderman, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
• But the scan came back negative, which is a good thing.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
• From the first scan, that might not have been possible.
  — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Her doctor ordered a full body scan.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
• None of the scans was visibly skewed.
  — David English, PC Magazine, 20 June 2026
• The patient didn’t go for follow-up scans.
  — Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
• Doctor holds and shows MR brain scan.
  — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
• Just three months later, scans showed that the chemo had shrunk the tumors.
  — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
• What if another scan could’ve caught it?
  — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
• Think of it like a cross between selfies and thumbprint scans but for your face.
  — Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 18 Sep. 2023
• On the front of the card was a scan of his brain showing the tumor on it.
  — Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
• Shockingly, the scan came back clear.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Now 11, Paul has scans every six months.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
• The scan turned up no blood clots, but there was a small nodule in the patient’s lung.
  — Emily Brindley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
• Another scans and stacks them for the next part of the warehouse process.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
• But a scan showed that Laird's cancer had returned — and spread.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026