How to Use ultraviolet in a Sentence

ultraviolet

adjective
  • The best way to find a leak is with ultraviolet dye and a black light.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Retinoids turn off some of the bad genes turned on by ultraviolet light.
    — Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 15 May 2017
  • This ultraviolet shampoo does more than just tone your hair.
    — Austen Tosone, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2025
  • What about cloud skin from ultraviolet skin?
    — Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
  • When the dust clouds from each star collide, it is heated by the ultraviolet light from the two stars.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Sep. 2022
  • On the hottest of summer days, trees can help cool our homes and streets and shelter us from ultraviolet rays.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Still, ultraviolet rays, which can have a long-term effect on eyesight, come at the eyes.
    — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Once the resin fills into the mold, ultraviolet light hardens the part.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Even the idea of the ultraviolet perception was news to me.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Some of these spiders seem to be able to control how ultraviolet light reflects off their body stripes.
    — Sarah Claire McDonald, Miami Herald, 7 June 2024
  • Another way is to use a tanning bed or lamp that emits ultraviolet light.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The fresh air and ultraviolet rays of the sun will help kill bacteria trapped in the fibers and reduce odors.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 June 2026
  • While its spiral arms stand out in visible light, the arms look like rings when viewed in ultraviolet light.
    — Miguel Claro, Space.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Or the purple that bees see in the space between yellow and ultraviolet light.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 14 Feb. 2018
  • These neutral atoms then absorbed the bright ultraviolet light coming from the first stars.
    — Quanta Magazine, 6 Dec. 2017
  • Could it be used on a porch ceiling, which never gets rained on or hit directly by ultraviolet light from the sun?
    — Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2021
  • This short wavelength on the far end of the ultraviolet spectrum is not harmful to humans.
    — James Guyette, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2020
  • On the hottest of summer days, their evergreen canopies cool our homes and streets and shelter us from ultraviolet rays.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2020
  • Water in the two swimming pools is salted and treated with ozone and ultraviolet light.
    — Christina Binkley, latimes.com, 10 June 2019
  • The breakdown can also be switched on or off using ultraviolet light or metal ions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2025
  • An ultraviolet image of the layers to be built is projected through the base.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • When cards are placed under ultraviolet light, the Indiana seal with the torch and stars will show up.
    — USA TODAY, 24 June 2019
  • Quilici said that the park also has ultraviolet lights that ‘‘kill every bug’’ in the water.
    — Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 22 June 2024
  • After that, the researchers shine a very short burst of ultraviolet light through the condensate.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The surrounding dust grains absorb the ultraviolet light and reemit it in the infrared.
    — Aaron S. Evans, Scientific American, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Their eyes are made of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light.
    — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
  • The breakthrough came when the structure was exposed to ultraviolet light.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
  • There are 10 of them, including two that can detect ultraviolet light from the moon and stars.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 4 July 2017
  • Basking in the sun is a joyful past-time for many, even to those who know how dangerous the ultraviolet rays from the sun can be to the skin.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Even though a portion of the sun will be covered, experts say this amount of ultraviolet light is still dangerous.
    — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 17 Aug. 2017

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