How to Use centimeter in a Sentence

centimeter

noun

• Even a one-centimeter tidbit could disable a spacecraft.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2019
• Cut 40 strips out of paper, four centimeters by one centimeter each.
  — Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2018
• Carter found a one-centimeter defect in the joint and performed microfracture surgery to repair it.
  — Malika Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
• And while non-white trim is allowed, that pop of color has to be on the neckline, sleeve cuff or outside seam of a pant, skirt, or shorts leg — and can only be under a centimeter wide.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 2 July 2018
• The Mini Blade heel — at just 1.5 centimeters — is the newest version of the signature heel.
  — WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
• By directing radio-frequency heat one to three centimeters under the skin, this device claims to tighten and contour the arms, legs, abdomen, jaw line, and regions around the eyes.
  — Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
• Scientists predict that its collapse could contribute to 65 centimeters, or roughly 26 inches in sea levels to rise.
  — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
• First, there’s no helmet needed for motorcycles with engines of 50 cubic centimeter displacement or less, two horsepower or less and a top speed of 30 miles per hour.
  — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 5 June 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• According to Weil, some cysts can even grow to over 10 centimeters.
  — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024