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  • There were virtual-reality suits with working laser guns.†   (source)
  • He peered down on me through his glasses with a laserlike intensity.†   (source)
  • Then you get it removed by laser, surely?†   (source)
  • A laser-tooled varying matrix.†   (source)
  • She glared at me so hard it looked like she was trying to get laser beams to shoot from her eyes.†   (source)
  • That her eyes would be laser-cut for a lifetime of perfect vision, reflective implants inserted under the iris to add sparkling gold flecks to their indifferent brown?†   (source)
  • Have you ever gone to a Pink Floyd Laser Light Show?†   (source)
  • Her laser eyes grew hotter.†   (source)
  • "Dream," one said, the word laser-cut into the red stone.†   (source)
  • Mom directed her voice at him like a laser beam.†   (source)
  • talk about laser beams!†   (source)
  • Then he turned off the lights and took out a laser pointer.†   (source)
  • "He's got it all," Minho said, jabbing a thumb at Jorge as his eyes lasered in on the guard.†   (source)
  • When he spat at me and told me I'd be cut to pieces by the bank vault's lasers, I taunted him.†   (source)
  • Either Ivy has a great force field, or my laser vision isn't very strong.†   (source)
  • Workers use a laser to make sure they are perfectly level.†   (source)
  • One subject had grown a big genital wart all over her epidermis, distressing to observe, but they'd taken care of that with lasers and exfoliation, at least temporarily.†   (source)
  • It was not so much a look as a laser.†   (source)
  • I was still expecting—like everybody else—the saucers and the mechanical walkers and the laser cannons.†   (source)
  • It would take the finest laser-measuring equipment to detect that as it climbed, apparently to infinity, as it dropped dizzily away, as it planed out to either side, it also curved.†   (source)
  • Argon brushed past Foaly, pressing a laser disk into the console's player.†   (source)
  • A laser?†   (source)
  • Three separate times she was strapped to a metal table; three separate times a crowd of observers watched her from the deck, took note of her responses as the needles, and then the lasers, pierced her skin.†   (source)
  • I summon all my own strength, focus it like a laser beam into the fingers and palm of my right hand.†   (source)
  • Lasers shoot from hands, bodies become engulfed in flames, storm clouds are brewed coupled with harsh winds above those able to control the weather.†   (source)
  • Nick's mom, Mama Maureen, with her big black laser eyes, her eager pug-dog face.†   (source)
  • The walrus-butler stepped over dead Glass Eyes and waddled across the room carrying a kit that contained a glowing rod to clean wounds and stop their bleeding, a sleeve of interconnected NRG nodes and fusing cores, and a spool of lab-grown skin with laser cauterizer.†   (source)
  • Not all of the surgery lasers had survived, but six still worked.†   (source)
  • Nightvision made it look like a green laser beam blasting out of the dog's crotch.†   (source)
  • For a minute she simply stares at the name centered at the top of the résumé, laser-printed in an elegant font.†   (source)
  • There's a laser machine.†   (source)
  • I unpacked the lightweight laser designator (AN/PED-1 LLDR), which wasn't very lightweight, while DJ covered our perimeter.†   (source)
  • I put my laser dot on him; he kept coming.†   (source)
  • Modern laser technology can produce so-called holograms.†   (source)
  • You mean how Somers uses lasers to—†   (source)
  • Down inside the computer are three lasers-a red one, a green one, and a blue one.†   (source)
  • I also had an infrared strobe light that I could fire up, and I had the laser from my rifle, which I took off and aimed at the regular U.S. flyby.†   (source)
  • "Let me have the laser," I said to the technician.†   (source)
  • Instead she sat on the living-room sofa and picked up Gellert Tamas' book The Laser Man.†   (source)
  • Lasguns would knock them down, but lasguns were expensive and notoriously cranky of maintenance—and there was always the peril of explosive pyrotechnics if the laser beam intersected a hot shield.†   (source)
  • Mautz glared at me, his light blue eyes penetrating my hopeless defenses like a laser through cotton candy, and I remember wondering if there's a graduate class principals take—Steely Gaze 501 or something—where they learn that.†   (source)
  • Jordan joined him, giving him the sort of deliberate, laser-eyed look that made Dan feel extremely uncomfortable.†   (source)
  • That's because it's laser-drilled.†   (source)
  • Technology was moving fast, and yesterday's gizmos were the equivalent of stone tools and flint, Jeremy had explained to his editor, fantasizing about expensing the laser-beam-backpack thing that Bill Murray and Harold Ramis had used in Ghostbusters.†   (source)
  • Following Adam's return, there was always one "Daddy Day" each for the kids, such as a day at the mall for Savannah or laser tag for Nathan.†   (source)
  • No, those pitying eyes had slid into her unconscious like a blue laser and exposed secrets that Mattie had buried from her own self.†   (source)
  • Since he'd become a vampire, his night vision had sharpened to a laserlike clarity, but the dozens of torches lining the path to the doors of the Gard were made of witchlight, and the harsh white glow seemed to bleach the detail out of everything.†   (source)
  • There's no such thing as a laser-proof jacket!†   (source)
  • At that moment, Billy's high forehead is in the cross hairs of a high-powered laser gun.†   (source)
  • Soon as I get back home, I'm having 'em lasered off.†   (source)
  • "What happened to Sylvester Rinds?" the stranger repeated, his laser-like eyes glowing down at Lonny.†   (source)
  • The red laser centered on Mr. McDaniels's forehead.†   (source)
  • Cut you like a laser, man.†   (source)
  • "We be them," I said snarkily, and his pale, watery blue eyes focused on me like lasers.†   (source)
  • My father clasped his hands and leaned forward in his seat, staring a burning laser hole through Noah.†   (source)
  • He inspected the old slide projector he'd recently repaired with duct tape, to make sure the correct carousel was slotted, patted his pants pocket, checking that the laser pointer he used to highlight the peaks of the Karakoram was in place, and turned to face his audience.†   (source)
  • "A laser cutter," Luke said without glancing up.†   (source)
  • Some of the men wore night-vision headsets and all of them bristled with weapons—compact machine guns, laser-sighted pistols, combat knives.†   (source)
  • This still doesn't do it though, because this and the image of a laser beam convey the idea that he was completely cold and unemotional, and that is not so.†   (source)
  • Then he saw the eyes and the barrel of the gun, three dark orbs zeroed in on him like black laser beams.†   (source)
  • He's the guy who turned my house into that laser-maze game.†   (source)
  • The sound of laser printers provided a constant hum, white noise that had followed Ryan most of his adult life.†   (source)
  • His blue eyes are like lasers in the night.†   (source)
  • Her eyes are like lasers, beaming the floor tiles.†   (source)
  • Infrared lasers that can be seen only through night vision goggles danced over the skin of the boat.†   (source)
  • How'd you make the laser range-finder work?†   (source)
  • The writing was laser print.†   (source)
  • She had a successful laser surgery last year, though she's not pregnant yet.†   (source)
  • She runs the laser welding machine, which sounds difficult and dangerous, but is neither.†   (source)
  • It requires quite large lasers and fabbers and is fuel and energy intensive.†   (source)
  • I cleared one whole screen and then, of course, the game got faster and faster, harder to shoot and dodge lasers to the frantic beat of the music and the white flashing lights on the screen.†   (source)
  • All at once he was blinded by a searing white light—arc lights, perhaps a laser.†   (source)
  • The five-foot-eight-inch M.C. Jenkins lasered my pack and my misunderstood beard and hair.†   (source)
  • A small laser flash pistol in which I had very little faith lay beside my right hand on the tabletop, next to the helmet.†   (source)
  • Damn laser sights See if there's a battery in the case.†   (source)
  • In the end, two specially built laser-guided missile launchers were kept in a locked room in the basement.†   (source)
  • The laser, the transistor, the polio vaccine, the microchip, the hologram, the personal computer, magnetic resonance imaging, CAT scans—the list goes on and on.†   (source)
  • Tim was glad he was sitting in the front seat, because mounted in the dashboard were two computer screens and a box that looked to him like a CD-ROM; that was a laser disk player controlled by a computer.†   (source)
  • She motioned sadly to a laser-printed memo tacked over her father's work area.†   (source)
  • It happened so fast it was like watching a laser beam rather than a mon-ster.†   (source)
  • The lasers sliced him to bits as he came in so they didn't focus on you.†   (source)
  • And it'll be the dollar against five million lasers.†   (source)
  • Were we about to be fried by laser cannons?†   (source)
  • She has red laser eyes that burn my forehead.†   (source)
  • The laser enabled me to coagulate some of the bleeding vessels as I went in.†   (source)
  • Hiro says, "I thought he must be carrying some kind of high-tech laser knife or something."†   (source)
  • Use your laser eyes to repair all the broken windows and stuff!†   (source)
  • So I went up and stood there, shining my laser to look for a trip wire.†   (source)
  • LASGUN: continuous-wave laser projector.†   (source)
  • I pulled out the science report, laser-printed in four colors, with a clear plastic binder.†   (source)
  • But the rearmament guys of Sabray also brought me my laser and the disposable camera.†   (source)
  • Sophie took the gold laser-pocked key from her pocket and turned her attention back to the podium.†   (source)
  • Jason wondered if the lasers had gotten him, or if he was sitting at the bottom of a trap pit.†   (source)
  • Rachel pulled a flashlight laser out of the knee pocket of her jumpsuit and triggered it.†   (source)
  • Does this mean I'll be able to shoot lasers from my hands or what?†   (source)
  • With a powerful enough laser you can project an image onto the surface of the moon!†   (source)
  • With the laser, they could send high-density transmissions without giving away the sub's position.†   (source)
  • Langdon glanced down at the pair of laser sights on his chest.†   (source)
  • The three sharpshooters carried laser-sighted rifles.†   (source)
  • That might make a good tile, she thought, and pictured it laser-cut in stone.†   (source)
  • I asked for a laser beam simply because it seemed like the most logical choice.†   (source)
  • I went to one knee and let the mini-gun train on the laser source.†   (source)
  • We've been sneaking in a laser range every few minutes.†   (source)
  • In the darkness, their firearms projected four menacing rods of laser light.†   (source)
  • It is a miniature three-ring binder with pages of laser-printed text.†   (source)
  • Even from a few feet away, Langdon recognized the laserlike voice on the phone.†   (source)
  • Without the laser, I would be aiming blind—little better than not aiming at all.†   (source)
  • I gathered up my gear, radio, strobes, and laser and repacked them into my pouch.†   (source)
  • Using the laser, cautiously, I tried opening a little hole in the brain stem.†   (source)
  • Lamia's fingers were white on the pencil laser.†   (source)
  • A laser-computer system measured the space between the weights down to a fraction of an angstrom.†   (source)
  • Raven shakes his head, turns to look for the source of the laser light, but it's already gone.†   (source)
  • Without the laser, I would have been shooting blind.†   (source)
  • In the doorway of the sitting room, two black-clad figures aimed laser-sighted rifles at them.†   (source)
  • Then I stood and threw the laser pen into the surf below.†   (source)
  • No laser pulse has shot out of the guard shack to find out who Y.T. is.†   (source)
  • I hadn't gotten very far when the laser on my rifle crapped out.†   (source)
  • Someone in this overpass, somewhere, is bouncing a laser beam off Hiro's face.†   (source)
  • I've dodged a laser/He picked up a stone and flung it at the Ouster manning the tank-mounted he!†   (source)
  • A laser scans it as she careens toward the entrance and the immigration gate swings open for her.†   (source)
  • The thin thread of the ceremonial comm-laser pulses to the zenith.†   (source)
  • Her, too; she looks down to see the lasers scribbling across her chest.†   (source)
  • Mike slipped his laser pen and jewelry into loose pockets.†   (source)
  • As they do, the lasers appear once more.†   (source)
  • Johnny carried an Ouster hellwhip captured on Bressia and had tucked a laser wand in his belt.†   (source)
  • "l'm sorry," said Brawne Lamia and lowered the small laser."†   (source)
  • Maia and Isabelle had their backs to him; they were glaring at Simon with the laser focus of rage.†   (source)
  • He ran the sword, which was about as deadly as a laser pointer, through Frank's chest a few times.†   (source)
  • Maybe Athena's eyes shot lasers, or the snake behind her shield could spit poison.†   (source)
  • Then it's back on full-force, like a friggin' laser beam.†   (source)
  • Every hawk head swiveled in unison, their eyes focusing on the wing like lasers.†   (source)
  • The United States had 75 percent of the world's computers, and 90 percent of the world's lasers.†   (source)
  • She looks at me with those laser beam eyes of hers.†   (source)
  • Jace's golden eyes, with the precision of a laser, fixed immediately on Clary.†   (source)
  • The newest laser equipment was being brought from downtown Los Angeles.†   (source)
  • Her smile was thin and laser sharp, and her finger hovered over the disconnect.†   (source)
  • A red laserlike glow made it look as though it was filled with blood.†   (source)
  • You couldn't get me in one with a laser blast.†   (source)
  • He swept the area ahead, looking for the telltale sign of a laser finder.†   (source)
  • He tested the laser remotes, then began setting up the audio equipment.†   (source)
  • The laser was fast, but it wouldn't be faster than a cocked .45.†   (source)
  • All of the batteries in my night vision and laser sights were fresh.†   (source)
  • The thing I pulled out was the laser pointer you sent.†   (source)
  • By the end of the day, the trainee will be as proficient at the laser welder as Maddie.†   (source)
  • I focused my laser gaze on Jeb and made my voice as hard as an ice pick.†   (source)
  • Keep laser-focused on school, and I'll see YOU at Christmas.†   (source)
  • It's a new technothriller stocked with laser-guided weapons, gunboats, all flavors of machismo.†   (source)
  • With laser drills and plenty of power you can open any airlock—but how about farther down?†   (source)
  • Having a bigger and better laser should be taken as a good thing.†   (source)
  • He didn't feel that they were really laser range finders.†   (source)
  • As still as the deer that sees all from the forest, this man looked at me with laserlike blue eyes.†   (source)
  • I wished lasers would shoot out of my eyes.†   (source)
  • Yes, sir," mumbled Max, shrinking under the laser-like focus of Ms.†   (source)
  • The line hummed with tension, laser-dotting on the gray water about a hundred yards starboard.†   (source)
  • Red laser dots floated across Reyna's breastplate.†   (source)
  • It isn't distant like a laser, or aloof like poison.†   (source)
  • I figured if the laser pointer trick worked once, it would work again.†   (source)
  • We needed every drillman in Luna, especially ice miners who owned heavy-duty laser drills.†   (source)
  • Roarke watched her automatically check her laser before strapping it on.†   (source)
  • Not to mention some surviving power plants and laser emitters.†   (source)
  • "It's a good thing I wore my laser-proof jacket," I say, marching forward.†   (source)
  • Reyna could tell, because the laser targets disappeared from her chest.†   (source)
  • "You sure?" he said, scanning the same window with his laser.†   (source)
  • De Tray had never intended to get into the laser range finder business.†   (source)
  • He was out of the door and moving fast, the order shot over his shoulder like a laser.†   (source)
  • Pandora can hold that laser beam above my neck for the rest of my professional life—or hers.†   (source)
  • See my Gobot, laser guns come out of his chest and shoot.†   (source)
  • I didn't notice any lasers in your collection.†   (source)
  • Trying to improve laser drills into space-defense weapons was easier but less straightforward.†   (source)
  • My gun was up and I tried to use my laser to illuminate a path through the grass.†   (source)
  • So we stabilized this one and were doing a laser drill to the interior.†   (source)
  • The Storm Trooper is wearing his laser-proof jacket.†   (source)
  • She closed her eyes against a pain more shocking than a laser strike.†   (source)
  • From where we were it was easy to see the red laser dot against the black pot.†   (source)
  • They had a laser, but it was only to show where the thing was pointed.†   (source)
  • Never heard of a laser relay or a green-screen, have you?†   (source)
  • Some uncountable time later found that my laser was no longer working, so stopped.†   (source)
  • Of course, they had no idea what this laser thing was, but now wasn't the time to ask.†   (source)
  • Without thinking, I put my laser on his chest and opened fire.†   (source)
  • "We used a helium-neon laser," Cristian Arcega answered rapidly, keyed up on adrenaline.†   (source)
  • But we don't have a good name for it other than laser.†   (source)
  • I could see the laser from the drone moving down the backside of the hill.†   (source)
  • Asked this one if he had ever seen a laser gun small enough to carry like a rifle.†   (source)
  • Fredi had suggestions about laser wavelengths.†   (source)
  • Those so-called laser range finders gave the whole industry a bad name.†   (source)
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