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.
• An asteroid over 120 feet in diameter will pass by Earth this week.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022
• This Ego tool still has a pretty impressive cutting width and is able to cut branches up to 1 inch in diameter.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• Women are all required to wear hats with a base of at least 4 inches in diameter in order to gain entrance into the enclosure.
  — Maria Mercedes Lara, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2022
• The Mustang also now has a flat-bottom steering wheel with a thicker rim and a slightly smaller diameter.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 14 Sep. 2022
• With a 24-inch diameter, this should easily fit into small and average bathrooms.
  — Rachel Dube, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2022
• This tool's only real limitation, besides its small cutting diameter of 5/8 inch, is its cord.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• For example, a 2-inch diameter tree needs 20 gallons per watering applied within the dripline of the tree.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
• Vessels less than 10 inches in diameter were used almost exclusively for dairy products.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• Glue magnets to the form and to the bottoms of 24 small favor tins (approximately 2 ¼ inches in diameter).
  — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
• It was later calculated to measure about 66 feet (20 meters) in diameter.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
• The chain should be equal to the length of the boat and the same diameter as the anchor rope.
  — Ric Burnley, Field & Stream, 9 Jan. 2023
• 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 crater is more than five miles in diameter and lies on the floor of the North Atlantic Ocean.
  — Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2022
• The lake is in the center of a crater roughly 1,000 feet in diameter.
  — Kelsey Atherton, Vulture, 26 July 2023
• Once you're cleared to dig your hole, the two most important things to get right are the diameter and depth of the hole.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 3 Feb. 2023
• The keys have a diameter of 5.6mm with 0.2mm of travel.
  — PCMAG, 15 July 2024
• Drill rope holes using a drill bit the same diameter as the rope.
  — Kit Selzer, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2022
• Find a stick large enough to serve as the broom handle, and measure the diameter.
  — Terri Robertson, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2022
• 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
• The Big Ball weighs nearly six tons and is twelve feet in diameter.
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 30 Dec. 2022
• The storm could produce 60 mph winds and hail over one inch in diameter.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024