How to Use milliliter in a Sentence

milliliter

noun
  • Three or four nanograms per milliliter can be lethal to adults.
    — Gal Tziperman Lotan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Ng/ml is nanograms per milliliter.
    — Lucas Waldron, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Each bottle comes with 187 milliliters, or about 6 ounces of wine.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Ingesting just a few milliliters can cause blindness or death.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Its brain volume was about 275 milliliters, the same as for a chimp of the same age.
    — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Stick to no more than 15 milliliters (1 tablespoon) per day.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The diffuser can hold up to 500 milliliters of oil and can run for up to six hours.
    — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 8 May 2024
  • The wines are sourced from all over the world, and each bottle contains 100 milliliters.
    — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Rest assured, your bladder can hold up to 500 milliliters of fluid.
    — Dana Solomon, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The child’s blood also contained 30 nanograms per milliliter of meth.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
  • That implies hundreds of milliliters of fluid and tens of square centimeters of membrane.
    — Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Nampiaparampil said just 30 milliliters -- about two-thirds of a shot glass -- is enough to cause permanent blindness.
    — Fox News, 22 July 2019
  • Adding 10 milliliters of soy sauce covers almost one-third of the daily sodium limit.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The reservoir holds about 400 milliliters of water or cleaner, which should be plenty for quick cleanups.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The first chip could process only 1 to 2 milliliters per hour, meaning hours of processing for a single test.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2013
  • VO2 max is measured as milliliters of oxygen per kilogram of body weight per minute of exercise.
    — Julia Andersen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The number of burger options will explode as diners customize the amount of sauce in milliliters, the amount and mix of cheeses.
    — Fortune, 27 June 2017
  • The goal was to raise blood levels to more than 40 nanograms per milliliter (40 ng/mL).
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2025
  • The experts agreed that the amount of fentanyl found in Floyd’s blood was very high, at 11 nanograms per milliliter.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2021
  • So now’s a good time to join the 30,000 shoppers who just bought 1-milliliter starter size.
    — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The Lemontec fits 180 milliliters of water and is safe to use on most natural fabrics.
    — Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The focus is on containers holding at least 350 milliliters of powder, which is about the size of a can of soda.
    — Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY, 26 June 2018
  • An autopsy measured 53,000 nanograms of meth per milliliter of blood in his body.
    — Logan Smith, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
  • This measuring cup with a bright red handle is crafted with an easy-pour angled spout and a multitude of markings for cups, ounces, and milliliters.
    — Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • For early cancer detection, when cancer cells are scarce, a chip needs to be able to process about 10 to 20 milliliters of blood.
    — Rachel Feltman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2013
  • Look for a product that has at least 20 mg to 50 mg of CBD per milliliter.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
  • Pregnant people should limit caffeine to 200 milliliters (ml) daily.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This wasn’t easy either; the semen is of poor quality, and there isn’t much of it — just 300 milliliters, or a little more than one cup.
    — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • Capable of holding 110 milliliters, the water reservoir is a little small.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The average 40-year-old’s VO₂ max is around 35 milliliters per kilogram per minute.
    — Matt Fuchs, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026

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