How to Use kilogram in a Sentence

kilogram

noun
  • This is your weight in kilograms.
    Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 22 Feb. 2026
  • If inhaled, the lethal dose is in the tens of nanograms per kilogram of body weight.
    Vera Thoss, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2018
  • One way would be to say that a kilogram is the mass of 1 liter of water.
    Rhett Allain, Wired, 8 Mar. 2021
  • To do so, the skier would have to weigh thousands of kilograms.
    Quanta Magazine, 8 Dec. 2025
  • If inhaled, the lethal dose is in the tens of nanograms per kilogram of bodyweight.
    Vera Thoss, Smithsonian, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The amount of material brought back will be at best a few kilograms.
    IEEE Spectrum, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The cocaine appeared to have been cut off a compressed kilogram.
    James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 2 July 2021
  • The suit weighs under five kilograms and can be put on in less than 30 seconds.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But on your behalf, the roads and buildings and bridges out there are using more than a kilogram.
    Seth Borenstein, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022
  • Nearly two-thirds of that amount, about 60 kilograms, stem from a single case.
    Jonathan Moens — Bellingcat, STAT, 18 June 2026
  • The courier was not charged for the drug offense as troopers didn’t disclose to him that a kilogram was found.
    Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The cost of a kilogram of onions is greater than the minimum wage for a day’s work in the Philippines.
    Time, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Bern can deadlift 210 kilograms and bench 110kg.
    Caoimhe O'Neill, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For example, a kilogram of camel meat that cost about $4 before the holy month now costs about $6.
    Omar Faruk, ajc, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Up to 100 kilograms can be needed to coat a plane, and everything is done by hand.
    Antonio Dini, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2024
  • For the grid, cost per kilowatt-hour of storage matters more than squeezing out a few extra watts per kilogram.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The price for his cherries has soared from 6 lira a kilogram to 15, as farmers charge him more.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 8 July 2019
  • The armor weighed roughly 18–19 kilograms, was quite rigid, and was made out of thick bronze plates.
    Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 30 May 2024
  • Until then, every kilogram of kit is a kilogram unavailable for freight.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
  • The 430-kilogram descent stage crashed nearby.
    Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
  • However, the average weight loss was less than 1 kilogram.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Each container would weigh about 25 kilograms (55 pounds).
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The servers carry up to six mass in each hand, weighing roughly 12 kilograms (26 pounds).
    Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, Contributor, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The daily intake of aspartame is set at 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
  • Every kilogram of metal or machinery launched from Earth costs a fortune.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Donut Lab claims its battery delivers 400 watt-hours per kilogram.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
  • For over a century the kilogram, the unit of mass, has been defined as the weight of a small block of metal sitting in France.
    Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2016
  • Twenty-five kilograms of flour, $305 compared to $10.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Each one sheds about 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of waste — seeds, fronds, and fibers — annually.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
  • By all accounts, the drone can carry a payload of around 198 pounds (90 kilograms).
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026

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