How to Use beaker in a Sentence

beaker

noun
  • John’s wort and meadowsweet—on the beaker in her grave.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2017
  • John’s wort and meadowsweet—on the beaker in her grave.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2017
  • The key to the Six-Cup Classic Chemex is its beaker-riffed design.
    Rob Verger, Popular Science, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The muck that amassed at the bottom of the beaker could be pulled out and stretched like taffy into a long, thin thread.
    Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2015
  • Tap the side of the beaker as the sand and acid are mixed together and the sound that emerges drops in frequency over time.
    The Economist, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Instantly, giant tubes of green foam, then blue, shot out of the beakers, up to the ceiling.
    Colleen Curran, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2020
  • So instead, the rock rests on the floor of the pond (or beaker), which provides an extra upwards force (Ff).
    WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • Likely, men in the court sampled the drink together, passing the beaker around.
    Peter Saenger, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • There are colorful yarns being dyed in jars and beakers.
    Eric Dusenbery, al, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Simply pour ground coffee into the stainless steel filter, pour water to the max line in the beaker and put it in the fridge for 12-24 hours.
    Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Don't look for beakers and Bunsen burners at Parleaux Beer Lab.
    Todd A. Price, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Users just need to add the coffee grounds, add hot water and wait as coffee drips out from filter into the beaker.
    Alicia Kortendick, oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Scrape the mixture into a mini chopper or the beaker of an immersion blender and set aside to cool briefly.
    Adam Ried, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2018
  • This pick has three glass beakers so your bestie can watch as the roots grow on their propagating houseplants.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • In one cartoon, a crabby guy is shown holding beaker of liquid.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Compared with males who were still enjoying time with their mate, the partner-​separated voles spent less time flailing and fighting their way out of the swim beaker and the black box.
    Florence Williams, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022
  • A single light is on, in the bathroom, illuminating a beaker on a hot plate.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2017
  • Noodle stiction occurs as linear stage moves down the beaker.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Order the pancake of the day, which comes with a tiny beaker of real maple syrup, or one of the breakfast sandwiches, plus a bracing glass of beet lemonade.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The wine glasses are not robust beakers, but clear and delicate, on slim stems, and the cups, used for coffee or tea, are the most fashionable porcelain of the day.
    Karen Wilkin, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2018
  • The rose buds—opening almost like peonies—gather like a headdress, a crown that grows out of and tops off the beaker that contains and nourishes it.
    Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The colorful wheely case opens up to reveal test tubes, a beaker, safety goggles, a working scale, and other tools.
    Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023
  • For the demonstration’s big finish, spouts of colorful foam rocketed out of the beakers.
    Rachel E. Greenspan, Time, 20 Dec. 2019
  • This chic beaker-like model makes enough coffee concentrate for eight cups of smooth, cold coffee.
    Olivia Hall, The Seattle Times, 13 Aug. 2018
  • But then researchers noticed that the pockets of their white lab coats were full of mouse droppings, the screens of their phones bore tiny paw prints, and no one could find a test tube smaller than a beaker.
    Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
  • The removable glass beakers provided for sampling and wooden box packaging, sealed with wax and marked with the date of each batch, add to the apothecary feel.
    Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 11 July 2024
  • Incredibly, the beakers remained undisturbed through the war.
    National Geographic, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The BioScience paper draws an analogy to injecting a drop of black ink into a beaker of water.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2020
  • With careful attention to detail, the team had to replace every beaker, tub of methylamine, round-bottom flask and more.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Aug. 2022
  • In 2008, for example, archaeologists found a Roman-Era ceramic beaker in Voorburg that had been filled with dirt over time.
    Rachel Nuwer, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024

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