How to Use kilogram in a Sentence

kilogram

noun

• The entire device weighs 1.4 kilograms (3 pounds) and folds up to the size of a clutch purse.
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2024
• The cost of a kilogram of onions is greater than the minimum wage for a day’s work in the Philippines.
  — Time, 9 Jan. 2023
• The rocket was small, just 2.1 meters long, with a mass of 93 kilograms.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Apr. 2023
• But on your behalf, the roads and buildings and bridges out there are using more than a kilogram.
  — Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022
• They’re often marked in kilograms (1 kg = about 2.2 pounds).
  — Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 17 July 2023
• For example, a kilogram of camel meat that cost about $4 before the holy month now costs about $6.
  — Omar Faruk, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023
• Aim for something in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 milligrams of caffeine per each kilogram of body weight.
  — Alisa Bowman, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• In May, a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of sugar cost about the equivalent of 72 cents in Mogadishu, the capital.
  — Eileen Ng, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• The candidates for Queen of the Carnival wear costumes more than five meters high and over 80 kilograms in weight.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2024
• Retail prices peaked at 60 rupees per kilogram this year.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 11 July 2022
• Even beef brisket is 30% cheaper than onions by weight as the price of a kilogram of the allium has soared higher than the daily minimum wage.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 10 Jan. 2023
• Hydrogen produced from wind and solar is now at least $2.50 a kilogram.
  — Ken Silverstein, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
• One example, known as the Snettisham Great Torc, was made from sixty-four threads comprised of over 1 kilogram (or 2.2 pounds) of gold and silver.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
• Police found 4 kilograms of fentanyl and a kilogram of heroin in her luggage.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022
• The metric is calculated based on a person's weight in kilograms and height in square meters.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2024
• The robot will weigh just 30 kilograms, with a carrying capacity of up to 20 kg.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2023
• Even the best batteries still store far less energy than jet fuel—about 50 times less per kilogram of mass.
  — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 15 Mar. 2023
• Customers who would once buy two kilograms of milanesas now buy half a kilogram.
  — David Feliba, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
• Photos shared by the forestry ministry showed the newborn calf, weighing about 27 kilograms (60 pounds), covered in black hair and looking bright-eyed next to her mother.
  — Heather Chen, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• But about half that energy cost is offset by the 35 kilograms of hydrogen produced per tonne of CO2.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2023
• Experts advise men get between 1.2 to 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of your target body weight.
  — Christine Byrne, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• In 50 years a kilogram of plutonium will amass around 0.2 liter of helium.
  — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
• Another way to look at it: That’s between 1.2 and 1.6 grams of protein daily for every kilogram of your target body weight.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
• Eat two grams of carbohydrate per kilogram in body weight two hours before working out.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• Eat three grams of carbohydrate per kilogram in body weight three hours before working out.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 5 Dec. 2022
• Carrying hundreds of kilograms of explosives, the glide bombs can smash through the underground bunkers that protect soldiers at the front.
  — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Ham herself only weighs 6 kilograms (about 2 pounds), per Whitby.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• And recent leaks permanently damaged a Kibble balance that was used to help redefine the weight of a kilogram in 2019.
  — Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 8 Feb. 2023
• Crumble Smith said the recommendation is 1.6 to 2.2 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight per day for muscle building.
  — Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
• This works out to about two kilograms per capita more than other coffee-producing nations like Brazil and Colombia.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024