How to Use ultraviolet in a Sentence

ultraviolet

adjective
  • 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
  • When cards are placed under ultraviolet light, the Indiana seal with the torch and stars will show up.
    — USA TODAY, 24 June 2019
  • Or the purple that bees see in the space between yellow and ultraviolet light.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • On the hottest of summer days, their evergreen canopies cool our homes and streets and shelter us from ultraviolet rays.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2020
  • 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
  • After that, the researchers shine a very short burst of ultraviolet light through the condensate.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2018
  • An ultraviolet image of the layers to be built is projected through the base.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • These neutral atoms then absorbed the bright ultraviolet light coming from the first stars.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • For contrast, arc eye is a burn: Welders get it from their exposure to bright ultraviolet light.
    — Susan Crawford, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Water in the two swimming pools is salted and treated with ozone and ultraviolet light.
    — Christina Binkley, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, the swirl of gas and dust mixed with ultraviolet light from newborn stars creates a very intense glow, augmenting the shine of the stars themselves.
    — Neel V. Patel, Slate Magazine, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Visible and ultraviolet light gets trapped in the layers, and less than 1 percent is able to escape.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The picture, snapped by the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals Jupiter shining in ultraviolet light.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025

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