How to Use caliber in a Sentence

caliber

noun

• I was impressed by the high caliber of the team's work.
• The gauge of a shotgun goes down as the caliber goes up.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
• Can the Bears add a high-caliber wide receiver in the draft?
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022
• But even a player of his caliber needs some help from time to time.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
• These days, prospects of his caliber tend to get restless.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2022
• But, as Counsell noted, none of them are of the caliber of Woodruff.
  — Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023
• The roster, once top-notch, is now hardly the same caliber as decades past.
  — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• And those will turn into wins against those sorts of teams, those high-caliber teams.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
• But Bozeman said playing a high-caliber team like the Longhorns taught the Lions a few lessons.
  — Suzi Parker, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022
• Meanwhile, powering the watch is a new caliber, the HMC 500.
  — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
• Of course, this caliber of bag usually comes with a steep price tag to match.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023
• Jim Axelrod: The .40 caliber gun that killed Ted was Ted's.
  — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024
• So this is the sort of caliber of pseudoscience, and this is really echoed down through the years.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• That's just not going to fly against the caliber of offenses found in Big 12 play.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
• And with someone at his caliber, real change can come from it.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2022
• This would have been a championship-game caliber matchup 20 – or even 10 – years ago.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• While the premise is certainly up for debate, the caliber of the performances is not.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 2 June 2023
• Yes, that's a real .308 caliber bullet jammed into the side.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• Only this way can an artist of Sondheim’s caliber rise again.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• For both men and women, Maude sells libido gummies of the highest caliber.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
• But Take Note: Boasts a lower weight limit than most scooters of its caliber.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 29 Sep. 2023
• Some players saw him as unqualified to coach a team of their caliber, Boronat said.
  — Beatriz Ríos, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• In recent weeks, Ukraine has had to ration its 155-mm caliber artillery shells due to shortages.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• The Postal Service employee was shot in the upper leg with a small caliber firearm, and the shooting seemed to be random, police said.
  — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2022
• Buoyed by the news that a coach of that caliber had noticed him, Erush rededicated himself.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Given the caliber of these materials, this chaise is on the pricier side.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 30 Mar. 2023
• One was armed with a .223 caliber rifle, and the duo also carried a revolver with extra rounds in a speed loader.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2023
• In the 1996 interview, Mr. Stacy talked about how a musician of his caliber stayed sharp.
  — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• The Hewland transmission fires through the ratios with the subtlety of a .50 caliber machine gun.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• Teams and fans can celebrate bowl wins of any caliber, and rightfully so, but the Horned Frogs are on a different stage and have so much more on the line.
  — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024