SCAN in a Sentence
Learn SCAN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
64 example sentences for SCAN, such as:
1. Folks'll talk sumpin scan'lous.
2. They scanned the sky for the spacecraft.
3. He scanned the horizon, looking for land.
4. He scanned the horizon for any sign of land.
5. The detective scanned every bit of evidence.
2. They scanned the sky for the spacecraft.
3. He scanned the horizon, looking for land.
4. He scanned the horizon for any sign of land.
5. The detective scanned every bit of evidence.
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Meanings and Examples of SCAN
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scan
v. read metrically
v. conform to a metrical pattern
Classic Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 First of all I regain the walls and the dim gateway whence my steps had issued; I scan and follow back my footprints with searching gaze in the night.
2 Anchises ceased, and leads his son and the Sibyl likewise amid the assembled murmurous throng, and mounts a hillock whence he might scan all the long ranks and learn their countenances as they came.
3 Thus they wander up and down over the whole region of broad vaporous plains, and scan all the scene.
4 Folks'll talk sumpin scan'lous.
5 To scan the lines of his face, or feel the bumps on the head of this Leviathan; this is a thing which no Physiognomist or Phrenologist has as yet undertaken.
6 True, the last line did not scan, but that was a trifle, since the quatrain at least conformed to the mode then prevalent.
7 Chichikov scanned the speaker's face, but could make nothing of it.
8 Bazarov quickly scanned the letter, and made an effort to control himself, that he might not show the malignant feeling which was instantaneously aflame in his breast.
9 I scanned them all insolently with my drowsy eyes.
10 He turned away from her with a grimace that distorted his handsome face, kissed Anna Pavlovna's hand, and screwing up his eyes scanned the whole company.
11 The prince stood still; his lively glittering eyes from under their thick, bushy eyebrows sternly scanned all present and rested on the little princess.
12 He himself carefully scanned each face, appraising the possibilities of establishing intimacy with each of those present, and the advantages that might accrue.
13 Kozlovski scanned the ranks resolutely and included Rostov in his scrutiny.
14 Natasha lay on the bed and in the semidarkness of the room scanned Princess Mary's face.
15 The Emperor with a rapid glance scanned Kutuzov from head to foot, frowned for an instant, but immediately mastering himself went up to the old man, extended his arms and embraced him.
Example Sentence:
1 Most women will be offered an ultrasound scan during pregnancy, although it's not obligatory.
2 A scan determines the position of the baby in the womb.
3 Concealed video cameras scan every part of the compound.
4 Scientists used a type of scan, known as positron emission tomography, to show that just one hour of exposure to second hand smoke in an enclosed area can allow nicotine to reach the brain.
5 Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified Shellshock computer bug, also widely known as the "Bash bug," using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers warned on Thursday.
6 He was taken back into the operating theatre after a brain scan revealed a rise in pressure inside his cranium and more bleeding.
7 The detective scanned every bit of evidence.
8 He scanned the horizon, looking for land.
9 Pictures are scanned into a form of digital information that computers can recognize.
10 He scanned the horizon, but there was no sign of the ship.
11 He scanned the horizon for any sign of land.
12 They scanned the sky for the spacecraft.
13 Brain scans have confirmed that the disease is in remission.