How to Use wand in a Sentence

wand

noun
  • The cashier used a wand to scan the bar code.
  • Use the wand one last time to dry the glass.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Lindsay got out her wand one last time.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • The pencil, a wand over the page.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • No broomsticks, no pointy hats, no wands.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Get out the art supplies and let your kids make their own wands.
    — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2019
  • Complete your look by adding fluffy wand curls to your loose strands.
    — Chelsea Hall, Marie Claire, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Place the wand with the stool back in the sampling bag and close it.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The wand is more precise and picks up a small amount of the gloss-oil.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Best of all, the wand can fit in any drawer and is easy to clean.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Pull out the debris and throw the gunk and the wand away in a trash can.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Drip lines and soaker hoses work well, as do longer wands on your hose.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
  • Just twirl the wand through your top lashes from root to tip, and wink on.
    — Rebecca Dolgin, Seventeen, 17 Aug. 2016
  • Raven is very shy, but likes to be pet slowly and play with a wand toy.
    — AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
  • My mom sends them home with art supplies and bubble wands.
    — Mandy Len Catron, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The wand style works so much better than the style of the Foreo.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Working with one-two inch pieces of hair at a time, wrap your hair around the wand.
    — Samantha Driscoll, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Don’t be startled by the loud noise as steam pushes through the wand.
    — Sarah Wharton, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2022
  • Get healthy, glowing skin with this all-in-one beauty wand.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Keep in mind that this isn’t the time for foolish wand waving, okay?
    — refinery29.com, 24 June 2018
  • Slowly lift the wand towards the top of the milk, then out of the glass.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Fire up the flirt pole Cats have teaser wands, dogs have flirt poles.
    — Kelsey Monstrola, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The tech watched and watched, pressing the wand so hard that her sister cried.
    — Patricia Lockwood, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2020
  • My hair came out like soft silk with just one pass of the wand at the second to hottest temp!
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Pointing the wand at living things.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Anova makes one with a lid and opening just the right size for your sous vide wand.
    — Elizabeth Briskin, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Each kid seemed to be jolted by a magic wand at the first sight of the small lake.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 July 2019
  • The wand heats up super fast, and your curls will stay in place even after a few days.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The wand was then placed above the Queen's coffin and will be buried with the monarch.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Soak the tip of the steam wand in hot water as well to remove any sticky milk build-up.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2021

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