Meter example sentences

Related (11): measurement, distance, rhythm, gauge, measure, metric, cadence, tempo, scale, unit, instrument

"Meter" Example Sentences

  1. The meter on the parking spot showed I had ten minutes left before the ticket.
  2. She checked the gas meter to see how much fuel remained in the tank.
  3. Honestly, I can never remember if a meter is longer or shorter than a yard.
  4. The poet's use of iambic meter gave the whole piece a hypnotic quality.
  5. My landlord reads the water meter once a month to calculate the bill.
  6. He ran the hundred-meter dash in record time for the school.
  7. The meter was running the entire time we sat in the taxi outside.
  8. I don't understand why the meter in this poem keeps breaking at weird places.
  9. They installed a new electric meter on the side of the building last week.
  10. The distance was measured in meter increments across the entire field.
  11. She tapped her foot to find the meter before she started singing.
  12. The meter reader came by and I forgot to unlock the gate for him.
  13. After months of fighting the meter, he finally accepted the rhythm the composer intended.
  14. The meter was ticking and we were running out of time to pay.
  15. Nobody told me the meter would reset automatically at midnight.
  16. The meter in classical music feels so different from modern compositions.
  17. I've been staring at this meter trying to figure out what it's measuring.
  18. The meter showed we'd used twice as much electricity as last month.
  19. She understood the meter of the language in a way most non-native speakers never would.
  20. The meter on the bike told us we'd traveled exactly 12.5 kilometers.
  21. He set the meter to zero before we started the experiment.
  22. The meter was broken so the parking was technically free that day.
  23. The meter of his heartbeat slowed as he finally fell asleep.
  24. I asked the driver if the meter was accurate and he just laughed.
  25. The meter in that stanza is completely irregular — that's the whole point.
  26. The meter reading came back higher than expected and we panicked.
  27. She walked exactly one meter away and turned around to face him.
  28. The meter was spinning so fast I knew something was wrong.
  29. The meter of the waves matched the meter of the music perfectly.
  30. He couldn't explain why the meter mattered so much to him, but it did.

Common Phrases

  1. meter reader
  2. parking meter
  3. gas meter
  4. electric meter
  5. water meter
  6. meter stick
  7. meter maid
  8. running meter
  9. meter per second
  10. iambic meter
  11. poetic meter
  12. meter running

Examples by Level

A1
  1. The meter shows how much water we used this month.
  2. One meter is about three feet long.
A2
  1. I put coins in the parking meter so my car wouldn't get a ticket.
  2. The meter in this poem has a nice, regular beat.
B1
  1. The taxi meter was running the whole time we were stuck in traffic, which was frustrating.
  2. Understanding the meter of English poetry takes practice, but it gets easier.
B2
  1. The electric meter had been malfunctioning for weeks before anyone noticed the inflated bill.
  2. She had an intuitive grasp of meter that most musicians spent years trying to develop.
C1
  1. The tension between the meter and the natural speech patterns created an unsettling, almost deliberate discord.
  2. What distinguishes his work is not the complexity of the meter itself, but his willingness to fracture it entirely.
C2
  1. There's something peculiarly modern about his refusal to acknowledge meter as anything but an arbitrary constraint to be demolished.
  2. The meter, once a scaffolding for meaning, had become in her hands a kind of deliberate obstruction — beautiful precisely because it resisted.

Examples by Scenario

🏠 Everyday Life
  1. The parking meter beeped and I realized I'd been in the coffee shop for three hours.
  2. My kid asked why the meter on the wall keeps spinning and I didn't have a good answer.
💼 Workplace
  1. The meter reader showed up during the meeting and nobody had told me to expect him.
  2. We're trying to reduce our meter usage by turning off lights, but the bill keeps climbing anyway.
📊 Business
  1. The meter company raised rates again and our operating costs jumped by fifteen percent.
  2. Installing smart meters across the district should save us money in the long run.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
  1. I spent forty dollars on a meter stick for a project I don't even understand yet.
  2. The meter on this scale seems off — I weighed the same thing twice and got different numbers.
✈️ Travel
  1. The taxi meter in that city was so expensive I could've rented a car for the same price.
  2. We measured the distance in meters and realized the hike was longer than the app said.
📚 Education
  1. The teacher explained iambic meter using a song the kids actually knew, and suddenly it clicked.
  2. The assignment was to identify the meter in five different poems, which sounds simple until you try it.
❤️ Relationships
  1. We got our first apartment together and checking the meter became this weird domestic ritual.
  2. He could hear the meter of her breathing change when she was about to cry, even in the dark.
📰 News / Politics
  1. The government announced new regulations for smart meter installation in all homes by next year.
  2. The meter maid gave her a ticket even though she was only two minutes over the limit.
💻 Technology
  1. The new app lets you monitor your meter usage in real time, which is either helpful or obsessive.
  2. They're developing AI that can predict meter failures before they happen.
📝 Formal Writing
  1. The meter of the original text was preserved in translation through careful attention to syllable count.
  2. Regulations governing meter installation and maintenance are outlined in Section 4.2 of the municipal code.

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