How to Use ultrafine in a Sentence

ultrafine

adjective

• The dust contains ultrafine particles that can penetrate cells in the lungs and cause lung and heart disease.
  — Roland Pease, Science | AAAS, 20 Oct. 2020
• Most cloth and paper masks, even those that fit well, are not designed to protect you from the ultrafine particles in wildfire smoke.
  — Natalie Wallington, Popular Science, 7 June 2023
• The river here is also flanked by 13 miles of ultrafine chain-link fence, meant to keep fish from other rivers from dumping into the channel above the fail-safe during floods.
  — Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2012
• What’s most impressive is that it’s made from ultrafine merino wool — a high-quality material that’s soft to the touch — for only $50.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• MagicFiber, a popular brand of microfiber cloth that uses ultrafine fibers to clean glass without scratching the surface, offers a pack of six for $9 on Amazon.
  — New York Times, 29 Oct. 2021
• During a facial, your facialist will typically use a a facial steamer—a steady stream of ultrafine steam—to help open your pores after cleansing.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2021
• One existing technique, for instance, takes over a week and requires specialized equipment to spin wheat proteins into ultrafine fibers, creating a film on which cells can grow.
  — Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2021
• At Kasliwal’s Jaipur workshop, artisans begin the process by etching gold with ultrafine tools before applying paste-like pigment made from powdered glass and firing it all in a kiln.
  — New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• But Owen is no less fascinating, Pullman’s sharp turn pinned to where dissatisfaction leads the weak-willed (which could also be applied to Jem’s dad, and Simpson’s ultrafine portrayal of a wrecked born-again addicted to the fumes of his old life).
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
• Worse, wildfire smoke also contains even tinier bits called ultrafine particles, which have a diameter less than one-tenth of a micrometer.
  — Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
• During that time, the city of Seoul suffered from unusually high concentrations of ultrafine dust that actually did come from China.
  — Dongwook Kim, Scientific American, 27 June 2022
• Vehicles with deeper swirl marks may require a more aggressive compound first, followed by an ultrafine compound.
  — Jack Keebler, Car and Driver, 6 May 2022
• The shade mimics the texture and flexibility of sturdy canvas but consists of ceramic compounds spun into ultrafine fibers and woven together for this unique purpose.
  — Dava Sobel, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2011
• Building on this promise, ultrafine precision isn’t the only benefit piezoelectric devices portend for the medical field.
  — Michael Ashley, Forbes, 18 May 2021
• Remove 99% of ultrafine particles while enjoying crisp music.
  — Gaby Keiderling, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
• Antimicrobial fibers include ultrafine silver strands woven into the fabric, or a chemical treatment applied during the manufacturing process.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
• So the conductive part of the interconnects are narrowing, especially in the ultrafine vertical connections between layers of interconnects, increasing resistance.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
• Other potentially harmful byproducts from ionizers are formaldehyde and ultrafine particles.
  — NBC News, 14 May 2021

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024