How to Use ratio in a Sentence

ratio

noun

• What is the length-to-width ratio?
• The ratio of bread to allium looks to be about one-to-one.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Aim for a ratio of 25% new food and 75% old food during the first few days.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Quick Release leather sheath is a nice touch, and at 11.5 ounces, the knife has a great strength-to-weight ratio.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• The staff-to-faculty ratio has soared over the past few years, and that’s bad bloat.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Jan. 2024
• The mass ratio of this planet with its star is more than 100 times greater than that of Earth and the sun.
  — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The debt-to-GDP ratio, Fitch concedes, fell during the past two years.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• Ground beef: For a moist meatloaf, ground beef with a higher fat ratio is the way to go.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• That’s a ratio hard to achieve without the use of nuclear weapons.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 July 2023
• When the ratio is rising then IWF or growth stocks are leading.
  — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• This results in a ratio of 27 horsepower per ton, enough to drive it to a top speed of 42 miles per hour.
  — Popular Mechanics, 17 Aug. 2023
• Next, weigh out your coffee beans and water at a 1:15 ratio.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 27 Oct. 2023
• The gear ratios seem just right, and boost lag is almost undetectable.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 7 May 2023
• At least 60 hatchlings appear to have survived out of more than 90 eggs—a very healthy ratio.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• In the eastern half of the country, fundamentals such as house price-to-rent ratios were less skewed.
  — Lance Lambert, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2023
• If a good company has a bad year, earnings-wise, its P/E ratio will be steep for a while.
  — The Motley Fool, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• Look for his pro tip on ordering shawarma wraps to get the best ratio of meat to pita.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• That would make the ratio of CEO pay to median employee pay 234 to 1.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 2 June 2023
• As far as price-to-utility ratio goes, a pre-seasoned $30 Lodge skillet is one of the best kitchen deals out there.
  — Lauren Joseph, Bon Appétit, 11 July 2023
• The net expense ratio is a reasonable 20 bps, and the yield is currently over 5%.
  — Steve Larsen, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Brown rice requires more liquid, so note that this recipe calls for a ratio of short grain white rice to liquid.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
• The ratios are typical of Porsche (read: longer than is ideal) but the shifter is sublime and the clutch is manageable.
  — Kyle Hyatt, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
• With an impressive 7:1 gear ratio, this reel takes a step in the right direction.
  — Pete Robins, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
• Just keep in mind the ratio of two parts tequila and one part fresh lime juice as your general guideline.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2024
• For us, the 10-inch had the best weight-to-cooking surface ratio and made everyday use for the home cook more manageable.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2023
• When Tesla reached the $1 trillion–plus pinnacle, its P/E ratio soared to over 200.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 30 May 2023
• The ratios in the Baffin Island lavas are about twice as high as those found anywhere else, however.
  — Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 2 Dec. 2023
• All three phones feature a one-million-to-one contrast ratio, 24-bit color, and HDR.
  — Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
• The airline also warned Thursday that a key revenue ratio will drop and non-fuel costs will rise in the third quarter.
  — David Koenig, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
• To improve his strike-to-catch ratio, Heaton exchanges the heavy stock hooks found on most frogs with a thinner wire Mustad double hook.
  — Steve Price, Field & Stream, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024