How to Use diameter in a Sentence

diameter

noun

• What is the diameter of the tree trunk?
• Dig a hole that's two feet deep and three feet in diameter.
• The dotted line indicates the diameter of the circle.
• If the stump is 2 feet or more in diameter, clear a space that is 2- to 3-feet away from the stump.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2023
• The lake is in the center of a crater roughly 1,000 feet in diameter.
  — Kelsey Atherton, Vulture, 26 July 2023
• This one holds trees up to 7 feet tall and up to 3.6 inches in diameter.
  — Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2023
• Or — for holes 2 to 4 inches in diameter — rats could be to blame.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• These rings can be one to 12 feet in diameter, and mushrooms may or may not be present.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 2 Aug. 2023
• The boilers were more than 15 feet in diameter and 20 feet long.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 21 June 2023
• The dome, 49 feet in diameter, will be on view through July 28.
  — Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2023
• That means a tree with a trunk three inches in diameter would need three quarts per day.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 12 Nov. 2023
• One of the vice presidents has a trunk more than ten feet in diameter.
  — Shannon Sims, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2023
• But the interviewers did not provide the diameter of the ball, or the length and radius of the fuselage.
  — Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
• The stems are green with purple splotches and coarse white hairs on the thick stalks, which may be 2 to 4 inches in diameter.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2023
• The nebula has a diameter that is about 60 percent larger than the Earth's Moon in the night sky.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2024
• First, the diameter of the case, which is measured left to right, not including any knobs that stick out.
  — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 11 May 2023
• The magnitude is the fraction of the sun's diameter covered by the moon during the partial eclipse.
  — Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024
• The sciatic nerve is about 2 centimeters in diameter and consists of the L4 to S2 nerve roots, which join at the pelvis and run down the back of the thigh, says Chellsen.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 16 Aug. 2023
• The strange object is about three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Select a tree with a trunk of 6 inches or less in diameter.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Blue buttons range in color from bright blue to yellow and can grow up to an inch in diameter.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 July 2023
• Wind was strong enough to take down tree branch multiple feet in diameter on the common.
  — Talia Lissauer, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Roll and chill dough: Divide dough in half, and shape each half into a 6-inch log, about 1 3/4 inches in diameter.
  — Paige Grandjean, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2023
• The table comes in a round shape with a 48 inch diameter, which is enough to fit four people comfortably.
  — Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2023
• Select the ideal size by choosing a pendant with a diameter of at least half the width of your table.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
• The worst threat comes from tiny particles, known as PM2.5, that are 2.5 microns or less in diameter.
  — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• Each pin is 1 inch in diameter and about 2 inches long.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The slender 18k pink gold case, 41 mm in diameter, provides the perfect note of contrast.
  — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 May 2023
• Human eggs are extremely tiny, about 0.1 mm in diameter, or about the size of a pencil point.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 18 Nov. 2023
• Start with a low basket that has a flat bottom, anywhere from ten to twelve inches in diameter.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024