How to Use x-ray in a Sentence

x-ray

1 of 2 verb
  • The blue dress was inspired by x-rays, which are patterned into the designs.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The technique used for imaging this growth is called small angle x-ray scattering.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Prints play with negative space, resulting in an x-ray effect.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Doctor showing smiling patient a lung x-ray scan image.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • That led to x-rays, an MRI and eventually a full body bone scan.
    — Nancy K. Schlossberg, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Believing his x-ray eyes could pierce through a defence no matter the density of bodies.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • Diesel also showed denim bleached from the inside out, creating an x-ray effect on the garment.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Some astronomers are skeptical that the x-ray dot is anything special, however.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The star produces x-rays as its stellar wind hits the cooler interstellar medium surrounding the star.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Previously, scientists have used x-ray pulses, which have a much shorter wavelength.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The researchers tracked the capsule’s movement using x-ray fluoroscopy, confirming that it could be steered safely and retrieved through magnetic guidance.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • O’Hara explained that she was confused when the doctor tried using two different EKG machines and then ordered a chest x-ray.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
  • There are six operating rooms, including four main and two emergency rooms; four dental operating rooms; x-ray rooms; a blood bank; and patient wards with sixty-four patient beds.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
  • There are six operating rooms, including four main and two emergency rooms; four dental operating rooms; x-ray rooms; a blood bank; and patient wards with sixty-four patient beds.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Most of that mass is in the form of invisible dark matter, but as revealed by Chandra, the protocluster is also embedded in an enormous cloud of hot gas aglow with x-rays.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This is similar to how a CT scanner shows a 360-view of the patient that is superior to the single image of a standard x-ray.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The brain, spinal cord and nerves, as well as muscles, ligaments, and tendons are seen much more clearly with MRI than with regular x-rays and CT scans.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The researchers used a series of methods involving x-rays, CT scans, and microscopic and chemical analyses to ensure that the fleshy parts were indeed just a clay molding.
    — Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The scans are made by synchrotron scanners, which are massive particle accelerators that can beam high-power x-rays at the object, revealing its inner layers down to the atomic level.
    — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 26 June 2026
  • In essence, the difference between GDP and GO is the difference between an x-ray and a CAT scan.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

X-ray

2 of 2 noun
  • Sandy sends her out for an X-ray.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
  • An X-ray laser slashed across the bio-andy.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Yet, all she was given was an X-ray.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 9 Dec. 2025
  • An X-ray found enlarged lymph nodes.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • An X-ray confirmed there was a hook in her mouth.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • This ruled out cosmic rays as a cause of this X-ray echo.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But the equipment on hand was too small to X-ray the horse.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2026
  • On the far right, X-rays are in there, microwaves are in there.
    — WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • All of his bloodwork and a chest X-ray have come back normal.
    — Jane Sykes, Washington Post, 25 May 2026
  • All of his bloodwork and a chest X-ray have come back normal.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2026
  • Trout got an X-ray, which was negative.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 20 Mar. 2026
  • There are many X-ray lines detected.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Some of those patients have come to him for X-rays for those injuries.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Blood and urine labs are ordered — but no routine chest X-ray.
    — Mark Ryan, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
  • This X-ray study exposed what time and stress have done to the spacecraft.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • X-ray imaging tests confirmed the corneas had indeed matched the mold’s shape.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2025
  • So was Will Zhang, the X-ray mirror lead of the project.
    — Big Think, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Not far from the X-ray lab are a twin pair of labs behind thick, almost vault-like doors.
    — New Atlas, 29 Nov. 2025
  • This time, doctors ordered X-rays and found fractures in her legs and wrist.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2023
  • An X-ray taken the next day at the jail showed a fracture in Vang’s arm.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Waves in the X-ray range have short wavelengths, while radio waves and microwaves are much longer.
    — Thomas Linker, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Children's toys, strollers, carries and backpacks must got through X-ray or be hand screened.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The procedure starts with X-rays to determine how long your bone is.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 23 June 2025
  • In addition to that, the jet also sprays X-rays across the galaxy.
    — David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Barrymore and the technician went through all the steps of the X-ray process.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The second X-ray shows a nail holding together the joint.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Doctors track every move in real time with X-ray imaging.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • 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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