Example Sentences

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Wang told Lisa Wolff that he “nicked a vein” during surgery and that Wolff lost 200 to 250 milliliters of blood, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2025

Patients applied 5 milliliters of the drug combo between their shoulder blades every day for a year-and-a-half.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024

Those who took aficamten had a significant increase in their maximum oxygen use -- 1.7 milliliters per kilogram per minute more than those in the control group.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2024

Rather than taking his normal dose of 0.6 milliliters of testosterone every week, Addams has been taking 0.3 milliliters every two or three weeks.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023

Checking the readouts, I see that I have 410 milliliters of oxygen, 738 milliliters of nitrogen.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir