Examples of “lancet” in a Sentence

noun A small, sharp, two-edged surgical instrument used for opening veins or abscesses.

• The surgeon used a lancet to make a precise incision.
• A lancet was once the standard tool for bloodletting.
• The nurse sterilized the lancet before the small procedure.

noun A small, sterile needle used to prick the skin and draw a drop of blood for testing.

• She pricked her finger with a lancet to test her blood sugar.
• Each lancet is designed for a single use only.
• The diabetes kit came with a box of disposable lancets.

noun A tall, narrow window that ends in a sharply pointed arch, common in Gothic architecture.

• The cathedral's nave was lined with tall lancets letting in slivers of light.
• Light streamed through the stained-glass lancet above the altar.
• Gothic churches often feature rows of narrow lancets along their walls.