How do you use the word "wand" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "wand" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "wand": The wizard waved his magic wand and disappeared into thin air. The witch cast a spell and a beam of light shot out of her wand.

Wand Meaning

/wɒnd/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.

nounA hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority., A stick or rod used by a magician (a magic wand), conjurer or diviner (divining rod).

Sentence Examples

The wizard waved his magic wand and disappeared into thin air.

The witch cast a spell and a beam of light shot out of her wand.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

verge

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The magician on stage waved his magic ____ and a dove appeared.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The magician waved his magic ____ and a white rabbit suddenly appeared from inside the empty black hat today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- Proto-Germanic *wanduz Old Norse vǫndrbor. Middle English wand English wand From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Then all of a sudden a number of armed men arranged in companies, and marshalled by officers who held ivory wands in their hands, came running swiftly towards us, having, so far as I could make out, emerged from the face of the precipice like ants from their burrows." — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"Love is that blessed wand which wins the waters from the hardness of the heart." — 1859, George Meredith, chapter 13, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:

"Shop vac serves as blower to force vermiculite in fiber drum up through vacuum-cleaner wand and hose into wall opening" — 1975, Popular Science, volume 207, number 4, page 135:

"The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands." — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

"In addition to the distinction of a white frock, every woman and girl carried in her right hand a peeled willow-wand, and in her left a bunch of white flowers." — 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 17:

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