How to Use ultraviolet in a Sentence

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• The best way to find a leak is with ultraviolet dye and a black light.
  — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• When the dust clouds from each star collide, it is heated by the ultraviolet light from the two stars.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Sep. 2022
• Once the resin fills into the mold, ultraviolet light hardens the part.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• On the hottest of summer days, trees can help cool our homes and streets and shelter us from ultraviolet rays.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
• But the 3,000-pound block of labradorite was not there before, and neither was that wall of rock that turns neon in ultraviolet light.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2020
• Basking in the sun is a joyful past-time for many, even to those who know how dangerous the ultraviolet rays from the sun can be to the skin.
  — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
• The surrounding dust grains absorb the ultraviolet light and reemit it in the infrared.
  — Aaron S. Evans, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021
• The cancer often appears in the head and neck area, which are often the most exposed to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
• The bottom half shows Mira in visible light, and the top half reveals the tail viewed in ultraviolet light.
  — Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2023
• The canopy is designed with UPF50 and can block over 98 percent of ultraviolet rays, according to the brand.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
• In an effort to kill germs, whenever a ball was touched by a player, the Scotties waved a wand with ultraviolet light over the ball.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
• The Masels treated the windows to filter ultraviolet light to protect the art from sun damage, said Mr. Masel.
  — Sarah Paynter, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
• Their eyes are made of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light.
  — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
• This short wavelength on the far end of the ultraviolet spectrum is not harmful to humans.
  — James Guyette, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2020
• That basically takes all of the starlight from the galaxy, and asks questions like: How much of this light is ultraviolet?
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Some of these spiders seem to be able to control how ultraviolet light reflects off their body stripes.
  — Sarah Claire McDonald, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
• Quilici said that the park also has ultraviolet lights that ‘‘kill every bug’’ in the water.
  — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2024
• Then, the particles are treated with an ultraviolet light placed behind the charging grid in the HVAC unit.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Sep. 2020
• Could it be used on a porch ceiling, which never gets rained on or hit directly by ultraviolet light from the sun?
  — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
• But when the waves get shorter still, the light becomes invisible and is known as ultraviolet (UV).
  — Chris Baraniuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Sep. 2022
• The cleaner air has allowed more ultraviolet light to reach the dome surface, possibly feeding the biofilm colony.
  — Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
• That’s because the lenses in our eyes absorb tons of ultraviolet radiation over the course of our lives.
  — Meghan Rabbitt, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2021
• During the day, ultraviolet light from the sun can break up molecules in the upper atmosphere of Venus.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 29 July 2024
• All the experiments were done in the dark to remove the impact of ultraviolet light, as research has shown direct sunlight can kill the virus.
  — NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
• Another way is to use a tanning bed or lamp that emits ultraviolet light.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
• Melanocytes produce melanin, a pigment that gives color to hair, eyes, and skin, and protects the skin from the damaging effects of ultraviolet light.
  — Seraphina Seow, Health.com, 26 May 2021
• Extreme ultraviolet light is then beamed through the plate and onto the wafer, printing a design on it before it’s bathed in chemicals to etch along the pattern.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• In the final stages, the photo is exposed to ultraviolet light and developed in liquids.
  — Sarah Quiñones Wolfson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• In addition, many of the processes found to be crucial for the origin of life have been shown to require ultraviolet radiation (from the young sun), which provides energy.
  — Mario Livio, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2024
• But this method could also affect weather patterns or weaken the ozone layer that protects us from ultraviolet radiation.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024