How to Use microscopic in a Sentence

microscopic

adjective
  • There is a microscopic crack in the diamond.
  • He recorded every aspect of his trip in microscopic detail.
  • He has a microscopic attention span.
  • At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.
  • This is sent to the lab to look for microscopic amounts of blood.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Amp them up by adding microscopic dots in shades of red and blue.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 13 May 2023
  • These torons act as microscopic traps for light.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The masks offered microscopic slits in the mouths and noses to (sort of) breathe.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Much of it is microscopic in size and cannot be captured even by nets with a lace-fine mesh.
    — Quanta Magazine, 13 Sep. 2018
  • These small microscopic mites thrive in moist, shady areas and tall grass.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
    — Christina Larson, ajc, 23 June 2022
  • But staying home is sometimes not enough to keep the microscopic virus at bay.
    — Chris Serres, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • This time not by jets but a microscopic strand of genetic code.
    — Peter Kaminsky, Bon Appétit, 18 Aug. 2021
  • But microscopic ocean microbes go with the flow.
    — Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • All that’s needed at this point is to run it on a strop a few times to straighten that microscopic edge.
    — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
  • Basil’s essential oils live in microscopic sacs on parts of the plant.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2024
  • The virus is dispersed by microscopic droplets in the air when people cough, sneeze, sing or talk.
    — Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
  • The study demonstrates how microscopic events can cause large-scale changes in this state of matter.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025
  • Larvae are microscopic and have to attach to a hard surface like a shell to grow.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • No surface was too small or too hidden to escape the reach of a microscopic virus.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
  • In less than a year, one microscopic virus has brought upheavals large and small in the way people and goods move around.
    — Prajwal Kotamraju, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2020
  • Mold is a fungus that spreads through microscopic airborne spores.
    — Ryan Brennan may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026
  • Air flows in and out of the microscopic holes between the fibers, allowing the nurse to breathe.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Old plastic bottles can also have microscopic cracks in them where germs can hide out.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The itchy rash is caused by microscopic mites that burrow, live, and reproduce in the skin.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Assuming that there is, in fact, alien life out there, most of it seems likely to be microscopic.
    — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The mites themselves are microscopic and don't pose any harm to humans when consumed.
    — Maeghan Dolph, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • A long time ago, life left microscopic signatures on Mars — or did it?
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One microscopic alga, hidden in a canal on an island at the edge of a great river.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In that same two tablespoons, there can be as many species of microscopic life as there are species of birds on the planet.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022

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