How to Use wavelength in a Sentence

wavelength

noun
  • Light and sound have different wavelengths.
  • In this region, the long wavelengths get cut off.
    — Quanta Magazine, 14 Jan. 2026
  • First, get yourself on the same wavelength.
    — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Is that reading on your wavelength?
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But longer wavelengths of light, like infrared light, can pass right through them.
    — Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Across all wavelengths of light, the Sun is brighter than the Moon.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Doppler radars emit pulses in wavelengths about the size of a baseball.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025
  • Keti Chichinadze is on the same wavelength.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Short-wavelength colors like blue and green scatter in the air.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The angstrom measurement is used for the wavelength of light.
    — James Rogers, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Some celebrities and their nail artists are just always on the same wavelength.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 July 2025
  • This wavelength is where our perception is at its best -- and keeps us healthy.
    — Erin Gabriel, CNN, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Blue-wavelength light tells the brain to suppress melatonin and stay sharp.
    — Allison Palmer updated June 4, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
  • Blue-wavelength light tells the brain to suppress melatonin and stay sharp.
    — Allison Palmer june 2, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • That movement stretches the light and makes its wavelength longer.
    — Sarah Scoles, Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Colors with short wavelengths, such as blue and green, are scattered by the air.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The pair, who are adorably nervous all evening, appear to be on the same wavelength.
    — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This isn’t the first time Meghan and Kate have been on the same style wavelength.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Those are precisely the wavelengths at which these small red dwarf stars give off most of their light.
    — WIRED, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Being on the same wavelength as Messi is a tall ask.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Blue, on the other hand, has low wavelengths, which explains why it is strewn across the sky.
    — Sebastián Baptista, CNN, 30 June 2017
  • Their Nike drops give a good feel for the wavelength each designer is on.
    — Cam Wolf, GQ, 1 June 2018
  • On that wavelength, the series is often charming and easy to knock back.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Luisi and the orchestra were challenged to keep on the same wavelength.
    — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That tiny mass corresponds to a wave with a vast wavelength, as long as a small galaxy.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Quanta Magazine, 7 May 2024
  • The cameras can detect light across a broad range of wavelengths, up to infrared.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Apr. 2018
  • This isn’t the case for any of the other wavelengths of light emitted by the Moon.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
  • No wavelength is perfect, Longcore says, but blue and white are worst of all.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
  • The ozone tends to absorb those shorter wavelengths more than the longer wavelengths.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 June 2025
  • Squeezing light through holes smaller than the wavelength of the laser could contain the beam.
    — Jeff Burlew, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2017

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