How to Use centimeter in a Sentence

centimeter

noun
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  • 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
  • At 25, a woman with a normal BMI has about 40 square centimeters of fat in such a scan.
    — Stacey Burling, Philly.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • At just one or two centimeters across, each plant is the size of a fingernail and has leaves as small as gnats.
    — Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • In this case, the number is more than 1,900 microsiemens per centimeter.
    — Miles O'Brien, Scientific American, 5 May 2017
  • 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
  • That may not sound very close, but if the Earth and the sun were separated by 1 meter, the probe would be 4 centimeters from the sun, Fox said.
    — James Steinbauer, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • 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
  • The storm also dumped up to 18 inches (45 centimeters) of rain in some areas.
    — Julio Cortez, Kate Payne, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • Jump-offs against the clock are noisy affairs with gasps coming from the crowd as horses clear fences which can be up to 160 centimeters high.
    — Aly Vance, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
  • At the bottom of the big toe joint are two floating bones measuring less than a centimeter.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • The scans captured the cities down to the centimeter, which allowed researchers to build detailed 3D models.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The bullet entered the right side of the infant’s face and exited the back of her head, missing her brain stem by a few centimeters.
    — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Doctor Joseph Ibrahim said a centimeter or two could have been deadly.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024

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