How to Use centimeter in a Sentence

centimeter

noun

• Cover your face with small red dots about a centimeter apart from one another.
  — Brooke Shunatona, Cosmopolitan, 30 June 2017
• My right side rose a few centimeters and then fell, followed moments later by my left side.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2017
• The authors calculate that a neural network five layers deep would take a centimeter-sized chip to host.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 13 June 2017
• Start a few centimeters inward to get the most natural look, and then flick your pencil from the middle of your brow in the direction of hair growth.
  — Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 July 2017
• The centimeter-long worms spread through blood vessels, causing fever, diarrhea, anemia, and stunted growth.
  — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 14 July 2017
• Aryanna was patient while a technician measured her head – 33.2 centimeters.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News, 13 June 2017
• The species, dubbed Hyalinobatrachium yaku, is just two centimeters long and sports markings similar to other glass frogs in the region.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 June 2017
• According to Rignot, Larsen C holds back around 1 centimeter of global sea level rise in the form of glaciers feeding into the remaining ice shelf.
  — Chris Mooney, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 July 2017
• Forecasts said the system could dump from a few inches to more than 12 inches (a few centimeters to more than 25 cm), depending on Cindy’s development and path.
  — Kevin McGill, The Seattle Times, 20 June 2017
• Taking into account only the catchments of glaciers flowing into Larsen C the total, even after decades, will probably be less than 1 centimeter.
  — Adrian Luckman, Slate Magazine, 12 July 2017
• It should be buried 30 centimeters in the ground next to a bubbling geyser.
  — Claire Volkman, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
• Then, simply trim your wick to about one centimeter above the top of the cup, and enjoy.
  — Paula Sutton, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
• If a ball is over the goal line by few centimeters, a goal must be still awarded.
  — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 21 June 2019
• The expander feature adds two centimeters to the depth.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
• Just a few centimeters long, the bronze piece had lost parts of a clasp that once existed.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 June 2024
• But sure enough, a yellowish-brown clam about 2 centimeters long rests in the palm of her hand.
  — The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• At 25, a woman with a normal BMI has about 40 square centimeters of fat in such a scan.
  — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• The organoids grow in diameter to about 2/10ths of an inch, or half a centimeter, Muotri said, and live for about two years.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• The frogs are small, growing to be only up to 2.9 inches (7.4 centimeters) in length.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
• And then the train passes over them, leaving only like a centimeter to spare.
  — Quanta Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• Outside, the wind grew angry, while the centimeters between them grew hot and fraught.
  — Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
• With this new method, the researchers collected a tiny sample of the fin—less than half a centimeter long and wide.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Take the swab and enter it no more than three-fourths of an inch (just over a centimeter) into your nostril.
  — Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022
• Fourth round: Brume posted a second-best jump a centimeter longer and moved into the lead.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• Photos show the small toy, which measures just a few centimeters.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• Within days, the injections helped the mice grow new hairs that are around 1 centimeter long.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 24 June 2023
• Cut each small loaf into ​gnocchetti,​ small pieces of one centimeter.
  — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2020
• The storm also dumped up to 18 inches (45 centimeters) of rain in some areas.
  — Julio Cortez, Kate Payne, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
• The bullet entered the right side of the infant’s face and exited the back of her head, missing her brain stem by a few centimeters.
  — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
• When ripe, the hairy green fruit measures about 1.6 inches (4 centimeters) long.
  — Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025