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
• 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
• 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
• Jump-offs against the clock are noisy affairs with gasps coming from the crowd as horses clear fences which can be up to 160 centimeters high.
  — Aly Vance, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
• 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
• The scans captured the cities down to the centimeter, which allowed researchers to build detailed 3D models.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
• Now, in a new study, researchers have unveiled one just 10 centimeters long.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 17 Jan. 2024
• According to Weil, some cysts can even grow to over 10 centimeters.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 Aug. 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
• The Mini Blade heel — at just 1.5 centimeters — is the newest version of the signature heel.
  — WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
• Your nails may make up only a few centimeters of your beauty look, but their impact can't be overstated.
  — Allure, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024