How to Use cubic in a Sentence

cubic

adjective
  • How many lines lie on a cubic surface?
    — Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Mulch products are priced by the cubic yard.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • With the third row of seats flat, there’s 70 cubic feet of space.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
  • That is measured and charged per thousand cubic feet.
    — John Shumway, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There are also larger ones that store up to 33 cubic feet.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • With the second row of seats flat, the area expands to 68 cubic feet.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Some movers charge by weight, some by cubic feet, especially for local moves, and some by the hour.
    — Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And behind the second row seat there’s 24 cubic feet of cargo space.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The air that fans move in one minute is measured in cubic feet per minute (CFM).
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • The fill power number represents the amount of cubic inches that one ounce of down can fill.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Households are limited to 1 cubic yard of mulch.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
  • On Thursday, the pollen count was 234 grains per cubic meter of air.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • With both rows up, there’s still 28 cubic feet behind the third row, which is enough for a foursome’s worth of golf bags.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
  • There’s a 27-cubic-foot storage area behind the liftgate.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Almost 8,000 cubic yards of dirt was removed, too.
    — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also a sizable, hidden well under the trunk and a 10-cubic-foot frunk.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • The current trunk's usable eight cubic feet is much more accessible thanks to a bigger lid.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 27 July 2023
  • Also, the hatchback design provides more than 20 cubic feet of car space.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The frunk has a handful of cubic feet, which is mostly just practical for storing the charging cord.
    — New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Team members sifted through nine cubic metres of backfill, searching for bits of bone or pottery.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Passport has 5 seats and one of the largest cargo holds in the midsize class, with 41 cubic feet of storage.
    — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Below that, the two Ikea cabinets provide eight cubic feet of storage space.
    — Tom Messina, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Even in deepest space, a cubic meter contains some particles.
    — Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2025
  • With 16 cubic feet of trunk volume, the Premier has room for a few full-sized suitcases.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The rear seats fold down to offer a massive 26 cubic feet (744 liters) of cargo space.
    — New Atlas, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The federal agency added that 1 cubic yard of soil can weigh as much as 3,000 pounds.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The rear seat remains huge and, despite the sloping roofline, there's 40 cubic feet of space in the cargo area even with the seats up.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 14 July 2023
  • The space between the headlands would be filled with nearly 1 million cubic yards of sand taken from ocean deposits.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • With the new electrolyte mix, only about 5 cubic meters are needed, roughly the size of a basement wall.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The water usually flows through town at about 2,000 cubic feet per second in spring.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023

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