How to Use laser in a Sentence

laser

1 of 2 noun
  • But the laser singes her brain.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The laser doesn’t just turn on.
    — Ahmed Helal, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026
  • And then there were the lasers.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Just got lit up by a green laser off our right.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Just got lit up by a green laser off our right.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Schenker has kept this laser focus from day one.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Two lasers form a target where the drill can be placed.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The laser was used at some point, one of the people said.
    — Darlene Superville, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Light sails and giant lasers might get you some of the way there.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Dior isn’t the only skin-care brand to be on the laser trail.
    — Kathleen Baird-Murray, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2026
  • What are the risks of laser hair removal for melanin-rich skin?
    — Aimee Simeon, Allure, 3 June 2026
  • Park throws a laser to Farris for the first out.
    — Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The laser will fire when the drone is just a few miles away from the system.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Shohei Ohtani followed with a laser off the right field wall.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His laser of a wrist shot beat Hart to send the game to overtime.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Dylan Crews put the game away in the fifth with a three-run laser.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Panels of jeans are printed on both sides and then cut by laser for sewing.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • My blue diode laser cutter isn't that fast, not even on cardstock.
    — New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The laser-cutting machine hummed with life.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Halftime will feature a laser show.
    — Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Halftime will feature a laser show.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Is the laser light show affordable?
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
  • Even on a cloudy day, today's lasers can still push through and reach their target.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That should put you on track to find the ideal laser or ink tank printer for your needs.
    — PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The green dot of the laser sight wobbled on the opposite wall.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But a high-energy laser used to target drones was new.
    — Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The more likely route is the same as that used in quantum cascade lasers.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • As far as laser weapons are concerned, this is a major milestone.
    — New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2026
  • This rules out lasers, which would only be visible in a fine mist or fog.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2023

laser

2 of 2 verb
  • My guide was able to laser in on the right ones for my ability level.
    — Rebecca Misner, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2021
  • All together, to laser both the front and back of my legs took about 10 minutes.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 19 Dec. 2019
  • There are, of course, upsides to laser hair removal treatments and bikini waxes.
    — Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 29 Apr. 2025
  • After trying many other tactics to get rid of the crows, the town is now moving to laser pointers.
    — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Lasers Fraxel lasering resurfaces your face for smoother, brighter, non-wrinkled skin.
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 18 July 2018
  • The women, weaponized in power heels, stand equally vertical, meeting the men laser eye to laser eye.
    — James Wolcott, HWD, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Jonn Edmunds and his friends grew up playing with water guns, then laser tag in the family’s big yard.
    — Mead Gruver, Thomas Peipert, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Noses can be changed, and stomachs can be tightened, and cellulite can be lasered away, apparently.
    — Glamour, 11 Nov. 2018
  • Satellite dishes mark the main gate of Fort Gordon, eggshell white and lasering up at the moon.
    — Matt Gallagher, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Stefani spent the near two-hour runtime reviving songs from her past with a fresh twist, energy on tilt and focus lasered.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Billboard, 28 June 2018
  • Roger Federer flying into a forehand, his gaze lasered on the point of contact.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The medspa offers everything from Botox and hydrafacials to laser hair removal and peels.
    — John-John Williams Iv, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Stimpson lasered in on a large warehouse at the Brookley Aeroplex, about 3 miles south of downtown.
    — al, 23 Feb. 2020
  • Others were initially caught off guard by a black line lasered onto the basketball to help with shooting mechanics.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2020
  • The study authors decided to laser in on the time period from four million years ago to 400 million years ago.
    — Stav Dimitropoulos, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Some doctors routinely laser lip lift scars at three to four weeks to reduce pinkness and head off hyperpigmentation.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Four days later, Darvish debuted in his new team’s gray and blue road uniforms, lasering fastballs and looping curves for seven shutout innings.
    — Robert O'Connell, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2017
  • But the Navy already has a bigger destroyer that can host everything from hypersonic missiles to laser weapons.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • And that brings us to laser hair removal, a popular semi-permanent option that damages hair follicles to minimize hair growth.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 25 Jan. 2022
  • While the sisters get lasered, Kourtney invites her sisters to a pinball competition at her friend’s husband’s new restaurant.
    — Mariah Smith, The Cut, 12 June 2017
  • Missouri’s first touchdown came when Lock lasered the ball to J’Mon Moore along the left sideline midway through the second quarter.
    — Aaron Reiss, kansascity, 7 Oct. 2017
  • With a wide array of specimens and artifacts, the museum chronicles the history and practice of medicine, from leeches to laser surgery.
    — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Kizer, who lasered a shot to a leaping David Njoku in the end zone for a TD in one team period, struggled later in his two-minute drill.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 14 June 2017
  • This condition is called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome and is treatable either by early delivery or by lasering blood vessels in the placenta.
    — Anna Nowogrodzki, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Chris Devenski’s left his bat at 104 mph and lasered into the Crawford Boxes for his second home run of the game.
    — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Per design, Krug was supposed to toss the puck to Bergeron, who in turn would bump it back to Krug, who in turn would laser a pass to Marchand breaking wide on the wing.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Helped by a Sean Kuraly muff in Boston’s defensive end, Timashov raced right-left across the slot and lasered a sharp wrister to the top righthand corner.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Their goal is to destroy the weapon the Soviets are using to laser a hole into the Upside Down to somehow harness the monsters therein for war or whatever.
    — Helena Andrews-Dyer, Washington Post, 27 May 2022
  • The team has been experimenting with different spacecraft materials to see how each reacts to laser pulse emissions called irradiation.
    — Caroline Delbert and Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Schneider’s illustrations carry the dynamic action of a comic book as Ultrabot lasers a cat on the moon and lets Becky zoom over the neighborhood in his airplane.
    — Jennifer Day, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2019

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