Micrograms is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Micrograms meaning
plural of microgram
Using Micrograms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of microgram
- In the example corpus, micrograms often appears in combinations such as: micrograms per, micrograms of, of micrograms.
Context around Micrograms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 15 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Micrograms
- In this selection, "micrograms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, 380, 258, per and last stand out and add context to how "micrograms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is 35 micrograms and is two micrograms. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "micrograms" sits close to words such as albemarle, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with micrograms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 2021, WHO set guidelines at less than five micrograms. (10 words)
NHS daily recommended values are slightly lower at 700 micrograms for men and 600 micrograms. (15 words)
The level of alcohol in Tate’s breath was 57 micrograms – the legal limit is 35 micrograms. (17 words)
It’s recommended that all children aged one to four should take a daily supplement (10 micrograms of the stuff) throughout the year as it can be hard to make all the vitamin D we need from sunlight and diet alone. (41 words)
Taujanskas was arrested after being stopped in Latchet Lane, Northampton, on Sunday, December 3, and subsequently charged after providing a breath sample of 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the legal limit is 35 micrograms. (38 words)
Finally, Iain Kelly, of Latham Street in Winsford, admitted to driving a Ford Puma on School Road South in Rudheath on October 15 whilst over the alcohol limit, having 41 micrograms per 100 millilitres of his breath. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
One lock had 380 micrograms of lead per gram of hair, the other 258 micrograms—an astonishing amount considering the normal level for hair is less than 4 micrograms.
Price was stopped on the A483 the day after Christmas and an amount of four micrograms of cannabis was found to be in his system – the legal amount is two micrograms.
The legal drink drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath, but it’s considerably lower in Scotland at 22 micrograms.
When tested, Allessandrov was found to have 2.3 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, the legal limit is two micrograms.
A breath test found that he had 107 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath - more than three times the limit of 35 micrograms.
Adam Callison-Houghton provided a reading of 115 micrograms of alcohol when breathalysed by police – the legal limit is just 35 micrograms.
Taujanskas was arrested after being stopped in Latchet Lane, Northampton, on Sunday, December 3, and subsequently charged after providing a breath sample of 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the legal limit is 35 micrograms.
The level of alcohol in Tate’s breath was 57 micrograms – the legal limit is 35 micrograms.
The trigger level for zinc is 15 micrograms per litre, compared to the 4900 micrograms per litre in the drain.
Dominguez said they first detected a slight increase when their Thoren Air Sampler detected an increase to 34 micrograms from 25 micrograms last Saturday.
As thorium occurs naturally, it exists in very small quantities almost everywhere on Earth: the average human contains about 100 micrograms of thorium and typically consumes three micrograms per day of thorium.
NHS daily recommended values are slightly lower at 700 micrograms for men and 600 micrograms.
Threshold effects can be felt with as little as 25 micrograms of LSD. citation citation Dosages of LSD are measured in micrograms (µg), or millionths of a gram.
Finally, Iain Kelly, of Latham Street in Winsford, admitted to driving a Ford Puma on School Road South in Rudheath on October 15 whilst over the alcohol limit, having 41 micrograms per 100 millilitres of his breath.
He admitted all the offences when he appeared at Medway Magistrates’ Court, which heard he had 58 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
He admitted that on February 15, he drove a Vauxhall Adam on Upper Lamphey Road, Pembroke, with a breath alcohol level of 42 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
In 2021, WHO set guidelines at less than five micrograms.
It is said he provided a reading of 464 micrograms of benzoylecgonine (BZE), a derivative of cocaine, to police officers when he was stopped on New Road.
It’s recommended that all children aged one to four should take a daily supplement (10 micrograms of the stuff) throughout the year as it can be hard to make all the vitamin D we need from sunlight and diet alone.
Martin, of Berrow Road, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, pleaded guilty to drink-driving with 48 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Common combinations with micrograms
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- micrograms per 35×
- micrograms of 31×
- of micrograms 17×
- had micrograms 5×
- is micrograms 5×
- to micrograms 5×
- in micrograms 5×
- at micrograms 4×
- with micrograms 4×
- have micrograms 3×