How to Use ruler in a Sentence

ruler

noun

• This ruler shows inches and centimeters.
• From then until the Wright brother’s, the French were the rulers of the sky.
  — NBC News, 27 July 2024
• There are four cup holders and a handy fish ruler on the lid.
  — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
• In a home setting, there’s no need to take out your ruler.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• First, your ruler the Sun battles with Mars, the ruler of fighting.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 11 Oct. 2024
• Use a ruler to draw a plus sign and then an X (like a compass).
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2023
• There was a point when the ruler of his country, ‘the Caesar,’ was an African man.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• No one was brave enough to approach this Great Dane with a ruler.
  — Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 13 May 2024
• To find the center of the top of the box, use a ruler to draw lines across opposite corners of the box.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2023
• Iran’s ruler Reza Shah Pahlavi in 1936 banned the hijab as part of his efforts to mirror the West.
  — Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2023
• Ariel, the youngest daughter of ocean-ruler King Triton, longs to find out about the world beyond the sea.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2022
• At the time there was no India, Pakistan, or British rulers.
  — Hazlitt, 17 July 2024
• Then flip the paper over and use a ruler and pencil to create grid lines across the back of the paper.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• The army chief is widely seen as the de facto ruler in Pakistan.
  — Time, 29 Nov. 2022
• Add a few dots of paint to a piece of paper and then use a flat surface, such as a ruler, to drag the paint across it.
  — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2023
• As a ruler, the British monarch serves as the head of state, within the limits of the constitution.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
• Lay a tape measure or ruler beside their foot and measure from the back of the heel to the longest toe.
  — Vincent Iannelli, Parents, 29 July 2024
• The video ends with the snake outside the car engine, held between Graham's hand and her ruler.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
• But the tools at their disposal were no match to the high-tech ones in the hands of China’s current ruler.
  — Steven Jiang, Beijing Bureau Chief, CNN, 17 Oct. 2022
• What the stars are up to: Your sign ruler Saturn is retrograde in Pisces.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 5 July 2024
• What the stars are up to: Your sign ruler Saturn is retrograde in Pisces.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 2 Aug. 2024
• But it’s the sovereign’s weakness as a ruler that disgusts the queen.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• Iran: For more than four decades, Iran’s rulers have pledged to destroy Israel.
  — Andrés R. Martínez, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• The ruler seen in the image is to give a sense of their size in relation to other objects.
  — Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2022
• Your ruler Mars is striding into your 2nd House of Income for the first time in two years.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
• Test Kitchen Tip: Double-check headspace called for with a ruler; measure from the top of the jelly to the top of the container rim.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2023
• Place the ruler flat on top of your wrist perpendicular to your arm.
  — Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 13 June 2023
• The British monarch’s first child becomes the next ruler, followed by their children, then the monarch’s next child and their children.
  — Joe Murphy, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
• In May, the ruler of oil-rich Kuwait dissolved his country’s parliament for as much as four years.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
• Your celestial ruler, Mercury, will join the sun in this area of your chart on Sept. 26, giving you all the more reason to express yourself.
  — Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024