centimetre
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Every extra centimetre on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5% bigger surface area, you fly further," said FIS ski jumping men's race director Sandro Pertile.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
In 2023, he won the title despite playing with a three centimetre tear in his hamstring.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
In February 2020, a 20-year-old Armand Duplantis - ‘Mondo’ as he’s more commonly known - broke Lavillenie’s record by one centimetre.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
“In the pole vault, you can just go one centimetre at a time.”
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
“Remember one cubic centimetre cures ten gloomy sentiments.”
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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