How to use "scan" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "scan" in popular movie and book plots

  • Hoping to find out why Morn survived the force-growth, the aliens run a scan which reveals her zone implant.  - The Gap Cycle
  • Kirk has Spock scan a dark ominous form that appears on the main view screen.  - The Immunity Syndrome (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • He tells them to scan for dikironium and immediately fire at anything that looks like a gaseous cloud.  - Obsession (Star Trek: The Original Series)
  • They adjust their tricorders to scan for silicon-based life, and confirm that the creature is the only such lifeform for miles.  - The Devil in the Dark
  • While Kirk and Spock were in the portal, the Guardian and historians had run a scan of recent Vulcan history.  - Yesteryear (Star Trek: The Animated Series)
  • Cantrell is spared after the Predator's scan of her body reveals that she is pregnant.  - Predator 2
  • John Spartan uses a thermal scan of the building and finds no trace of the hostages, and leads an unauthorized assault to capture Phoenix.  - Demolition Man (film)
  • Bill arrives and helps Chris move the bed so that he can physically scan the area where it was, marking the legs with books.  - Little Girl Lost (The Twilight Zone)
  • Wesley hints about the Custodian to her, while she secretly passes him a tricorder to scan the Aldeans.  - When the Bough Breaks (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  • Within the gas giant is the Helix, a Suliban aggregate structure composed of hundreds of Suliban ships, which they scan to find Klaang.  - Broken Bow (Star Trek: Enterprise)
  • Vale and Obrist return to ConSec, where Ruth suggests Vale scan the computer system to learn more about the Ripe program.  - Scanners
  • Knowing this, Julia called in the Xymos special team to scan Amanda's room.  - Prey (novel)
  • He takes the TARDIS to Kalmar's base and there uses scanning equipment to scan the Tower.  - State of Decay
  • Strucker attempts to scan the Nameless Monk's brain, but Kar prevents him.  - Bulletproof Monk
  • Hoping to find the Millennium Falcon, his wife, Malla, runs a computer scan for starships in the area, but is unsuccessful.  - Star Wars Holiday Special
  • At the Louvre while admiring the Mona Lisa, he encounters the Countess Scarlioni wearing an alien bracelet used to scan security systems.  - City of Death

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