How to Use centimeter in a Sentence

centimeter

noun

• 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
• The expander feature adds two centimeters to the depth.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 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
• 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
• 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
• Each of the males can give birth to more than 100 babies, measuring less than one centimeter in length (roughly the size of a grain of rice).
  — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2023
• From there, the mirrors have to move a bit more than a centimeter to reach their final position.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2021
• The test device was only 4 centimeters long, with a width and depth of a centimeter each.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• Hold a thumb and index finger about a centimeter apart.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• Now, in a new study, researchers have unveiled one just 10 centimeters long.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Jan. 2024
• For a fast-moving baseball, like at 90 miles per hour, the air drag can make the ball drop about 10 centimeters compared to a ball without drag.
  — WIRED, 16 June 2023
• Cast iron, one of the densest household items, is just 7.15 grams per cubic centimeter.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2022
• Before the club, the women convince Emy to wear one of Ashley’s dresses that stops a centimeter below the vag.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
• The entire border acts as a ruler, too, and includes both inches and centimeters.
  — Rachel Simon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2023
• Crews had been working since Sunday, when snow fell at a rate of more than 2 inches (5 centimeters) per hour.
  — John Wawrow, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024
• In the study, the team describes the possible oldest life on Earth as a tree-like structure roughly a centimeter across.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Apr. 2022
• But here’s the catch: in these tests, sunscreen is applied to human skin at two milligrams per square centimeter.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Forecasters said snow could fall at a rate of 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 centimeters) per hour on Thursday.
  — Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
• It's marked with inches and centimeters to serve as an emergency ruler.
  — PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
• About 15 centimeters long, the device is worn around a user’s forearm.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Jan. 2024
• The agency goes back every six months and can measure differences down to the centimeter.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
• But there are tens of millions of pieces of debris smaller than a centimeter wide that are too small to be monitored.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2021
• Uranium and tungsten both tip the scale at a hefty 19 grams per cubic centimeter.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• Police confirmed that Lee suffered a wound that was about one centimeter wide.
  — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024