beamed

verb

Definition of beamednext
past tense of beam
1
as in shone
to emit rays of light a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s

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2
as in grinned
to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward my father beamed when I showed him my new car

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Recent Examples of beamed Meanwhile, Alabama’s hunnakay runs with that vampiric vibe by dropping in punchlines that sound beamed in from the afterlife. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 More than 30 years later, Mattox still beamed with pride when recalling his first harness racing win, around 1992. — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Sydney’s father, Emmanuel Adamu (Robert Townsend), beamed over her accomplishment. — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 June 2026 And now, engineers have harnessed laser light to dramatically increase the amount of data that can be beamed down from space, a technology all the more urgent due to the advent of orbital data centers. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026 The Kardashians star could be seen hugging True as the former basketball player—who wore a plunging black metallic shirt, black slacks, a shiny chain necklace, and black sunglasses—beamed at the camera, holding Tatum in his arms. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 1 July 2026 About 45 minutes before another World Cup match in Houston, a message from astronauts aboard the International Space Station noting the holiday was beamed into the stadium. — Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026 Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson slept here, as did Shirley Temple and Louis Armstrong, and in 2017 the bat signal was beamed onto its facade to mark the death of Walla Walla’s own Adam West, television's Batman. — Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 The crew had been trained at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to observe and photograph the moon and Earth, and the O2O system ensured that their best images could be beamed back to Earth and spread across news sites and social media within hours of taking them. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beamed
  1. shone
  2. grinned
  3. glowed
  4. smiled
  5. laughed
Verb
  • This game also pits two of the tournament’s standout players against each other, as Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior has shone for Brazil with four goals and one assist and Manchester City’s Haaland is firmly in the Golden Boot race with five goals.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Love’s son, Christian, took the lead on some tunes, as did TV icon and longtime Beach Boys cohort John Stamos, who shone on drums, keyboards and guitar.
    — Daily News, Daily News, 4 July 2026
Definition of shone
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  • In the selfie video, Valentina grinned into the camera wearing a gold choker and gold hoops as her mother hugged her from behind.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • Wheeler grinned before Hill exchanged high-fives and chest bumps with right fielder Brandon Marsh.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 26 June 2026
Definition of grinned
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  • Instead of captivating burst of fireworks on display, the bridge glowed with hues of greens, yellows, reds and more.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Gomez wore her brunette hair in a chic updo and glowed with rosy blush and a smokey eye.
    — Michael Nied, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of glowed
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  • Early in the second inning Wednesday afternoon, Nasim Nuñez smiled, hopping giddily.
    — Noah White, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
  • In another photo, the Smash alum smiled and posed with Foster at a dining table with the cake plate.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Definition of smiled
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  • The actor laughed while recalling one of the more unusual consequences of the franchise's popularity.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Carrie Warick-Smith, at the Association of Community College Trustees, laughed ruefully when she was asked when that journey — and the free money to start it — might actually begin.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 30 June 2026
Definition of laughed

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