How to Use spotting scope in a Sentence

spotting scope

noun
  • There are spotting scopes to improve your chances of seeing one.
    — Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • One of the rangers used a spotting scope and saw two skis and an orange bag in the avalanche debris.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2023
  • Bring binoculars or a spotting scope to zoom in on the action.
    — Kitson Jazynka, National Geographic, 2 July 2019
  • Use binoculars or spotting scopes and a camera with a long lens.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Denali rangers dispatched to the area used a spotting scope to look for survivors.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 6 May 2023
  • Use binoculars, a spotting scope, or a telephoto lens for a good view.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 8 June 2023
  • There are many places around the state to drive to, park and spot animals with binoculars or spotting scopes.
    — Roger Phillips, idahostatesman, 9 Jan. 2018
  • Park safely off the road, stroll up to a group clustered around a spotting scope, and ask polite questions.
    — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Norboo walks easily, even with a tripod and spotting scope slung over a shoulder.
    — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Moving with exquisite care, Dave Marsh crept to his spotting scope.
    — Philip Caputo, Field & Stream, 22 Nov. 2020
  • Looking for the deer through a spotting scope, Weingarten saw the snow leopard stalking a group of blue sheep.
    — National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Use a spotting scope, binoculars or a telephoto lens and be content to watch from a safe distance.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Using your binocular or spotting scope, pivot until the mirage boils straight up and down.
    — John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 30 Nov. 2020
  • The park also recommends using a spotting scope to see animals from afar.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 27 May 2021
  • Our lunch, a thermos of hot coffee, binoculars, a spotting scope, and two cameras jounced on the seat between us.
    — Robert Merchant, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • However, there’s more to a spotting scope than pure observation.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 18 Aug. 2020
  • The first was a single magnification spotting scope that gave the astronauts a wide field of view.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 15 June 2019
  • One look with the spotting scope confirmed my fears, the rams had left their hideout, walked within a hundred yards of my tent in the night, and were on the move.
    — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2020
  • After studying the billy through the spotting scope, Richard put it close to 10-inches.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Lafferty spots an osprey in the distance, and trains his spotting scope to watch as the fishing hawk rips apart and bolts down chunks of a mullet held in its talons.
    — Kenneth R. Weiss, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2018
  • Briley captured more photos and videos of the iconic American bird with his phone using a spotting scope.
    — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Before Visiting Bring a spotting scope, or at least some good binoculars.
    — Frederick Reimers, Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2019
  • For the time being, ignore those otherwise-kind instincts to trade binoculars and let others take peeks through your spotting scope.
    — cleveland, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Special agents found a loaded magazine on Merryman and a spotting scope in his backpack.
    — Fox News, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Homoya plants his spotting scope on the sidewalk not far from a hotdog vendor on the southeast quadrant of the circle and points it up toward the nest box.
    — Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, enjoy distant views with binoculars, a spotting scope or telephoto lens.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2021
  • Slankard suggests quietly viewing them through binoculars or a spotting scope from a few hundred feet away to avoid disturbing them.
    — James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Stay in a vehicle, which makes a terrific blind, when possible and use binoculars, a spotting scope or a telephoto lens.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2017
  • But until the trees leaf out, the nest should be easily viewable from the Towpath Trail with the aid of binoculars or a spotting scope.
    — James F. McCarty, cleveland.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • That afternoon, workers from a cheese-processing plant in Utah played with a spotting scope—a device that can detect sheds from hundreds of yards away.
    — The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2022

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