How to Use webcam in a Sentence

webcam

noun
  • The eyes have it: Don't forget to look the webcam in the eye.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 13 June 2020
  • The 1080p webcam sits smack-dab in the middle of the top bezel.
    — PCMAG, 25 July 2024
  • The elbow is bent sharply to fit it in view of the webcam.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 20 July 2023
  • So all of the proceeds from the webcam sessions went to the chimps?
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 7 July 2022
  • In the nearly 10 years that the webcam has been trained on the nest, Jackie has had five chicks.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There are webcams, satellites in space, and planes in the air.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2019
  • Place your document in front of the webcam and line it up on the screen.
    — Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
  • In the decade that the webcam has been focused on the nest, Jackie has had five chicks.
    — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Right now, that's less of a problem with the webcam down to a mere $100—its best deal yet.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The 920's bottom bezel is still its largest, but its webcam has been moved to the tiny top bezel.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The 1080p webcam pops out with a press, after which it can be pulled off the side and attached to the top of the laptop.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Even so, hikers and fresh tracks in the snow could be seen on the Bright Angel Trail from a live webcam at the park.
    — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The glow from the fire could be seen Monday night from a webcam in the downtown area, where lights were still on.
    — CBS News, 18 June 2024
  • Remember to look at the webcam, not the person's face on the screen.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2020
  • One cool bonus of the new Hero model is the ability to use it as a webcam for Zoom calls and the like.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The webcams at nearby Mt. Rose showed snow amid the trees at its Main Lodge, which stands at 8,260 feet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2019
  • First, a webcam is attached to the car onto the A-pillar.
    — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Her first calf, Kiko, was born in October 2012, and shared with the world through a webcam.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • An hour before the flood, Yin was watching Zeni play at the day care via webcam.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Maybe the problem wasn't a scary series of tubes or a creepy guy with a webcam in a hovel.
    — Jordan Crucchiola, Wired News, 17 Apr. 2015
  • The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle offers three webcams with glimpses of the lives of bears, tigers and bats.
    — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
  • In April, the iPad Pro got a new screen, M1 processor and some new webcam tricks.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 9 June 2021
  • All of which, again, has been brokered through a webcam.
    — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The webcam is the person’s window into the world—your world.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The screen is bigger and brighter, too, as the black border’s been swapped out for a wider screen with a better webcam.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
  • With a driver-free design, this webcam is ready to plug in and use.
    — Greta Good, Chron, 11 Nov. 2020
  • But… that tiny bezel forced Dell to move the webcam down below the screen, which is a terrible place.
    — David Pierce, WSJ, 27 Mar. 2018
  • As the burning tree torched the beloved landmark, an omniscient webcam streamed live footage of the vandals in the act.
    — Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2022
  • That's not the only thing under glass: Lenovo calls the 9i the world's first camera-under-display laptop, with a high-resolution webcam actually hidden beneath the upper part of the screen.
    — Eric Grevstad, PC Magazine, 13 May 2025
  • Parents were asked to set up the experiment in a quiet room with minimal potential distractions, outfitted with a webcam to monitor the experiment.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2025

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