Want to use Metre correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like meter or beat.
Metre in a sentence
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Metre meaning
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités), equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 seconds. The metre is equal to 39+⁴⁷⁄₁₂₇ (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
Example sentences (20)
I mean who gets in a six metre cylinder and travels 4000 metres to the bottom of an ice cold ocean to see a wreckage?
It starts in the Forestry Commission car park (, where you can explore woodland on the way to the 10-metre waterfall.
He used a whip on nine occasions prior to the 100-metre mark, four more times than permitted, and 13 hits in totality.
A three metre section of wall on the bridge, between the road and the pedestrian walkway, was however reduced to rubble.
Mistress is one of just 488 superyachts worldwide in the 45-50 metre size range, with speeds above average for her size.
Hinton held up a black-and-yellow garter snake, perhaps a metre long, twisting round and round like a spring.
It forms a large clump at least half a metre across so give it plenty of space as it will “elbow out” more modest plants.
Most famously, Gambarin used a tractor with a plough and a harrow to create a portrait of on a 25,000-square-metre field.
A planning application by LPB Homes for the 3,009 square metre proposal was submitted to Colchester Council on January 16.
In Goulburn, the company has moved into a 942 square metre space in a large industrial unit built by Fobexu.
Late June sees the meadows at their best with some of the finest areas supporting up to 25 plant species per square metre.
One student, Tyler Veitch, is currently completing a marathon swim, a total of 1688 lengths of a 25-metre pool in a month.
One of the unique features of Costco is its massive warehouse-like locations, with 4.6-metre-high shelves.
A two-metre-long boa constrictor escaped its enclosure to shock neighbours by sunbathing in the middle of a residential road.
A tap penalty on the five-metre line saw number eight Sam Noble force his way over for a converted try.
Rainfall of more than 1 metre was recorded in the mountainous eastern and southern parts of the island.
Mr Bathurst said that Mr Kelly's rucksack with clothing and some food in it had been found on 864 metre high Beinn Mhic Chasgaig.
Perri was a 400 metre hurdles athlete but in the 2013 World Championships she suffered a knee injury.
Mr Condon said there was no evidence that the taxi metre had been correctly calibrated and it could have been out by a day or more.
Naik says he didn’t go by the 65-metre distance but by where he hailed from – Belur in Karnataka.
Common combinations with metre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- square metre 16×
- one metre 9×
- the metre 7×
- metre of 5×
- and metre 4×
- metre long 3×
- metre high 3×
- of metre 3×
- in metre 3×
- metre is 2×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word metre. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.