Sentence examples for kilos from inspiring English sources

The word "kilos" is correct and usable in written English
It is commonly used as an informal abbreviation for kilograms, especially in contexts related to weight. Example: "I need to lose a few kilos before summer."

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kilos

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Plural of kilo

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Across the two areas are about a million pairs of Adélie penguins, more than a dozen species of whale, more than a third of the world's population of emperor penguins, abundant krill and fish species and the Ross Sea region's top predator – the toothfish, which can grow to two metres weighing 200 kilos (they've evolved special anti-freeze like proteins to survive in the frigid waters).

In their 1984 encounter the chisel-faced Karpov lost eight kilos.

While the adults dealt with the paperwork, the Jangano juniors explored the souk, chatting to the traders and their families, drinking tea, learning a little Arabic, discovering the pleasure of haggling and eating kilos of dates.

In a series of posts, one commenter told Malik she would look "stunning" if she lost ten kilos and wore a burka.

It also features evidence and recovered-property storage, something begun at the secure facility in 2003 after a Chicago police officer stole 49 kilos of cocaine from an evidence locker at the Cook County Criminal Courts Building.

Last year the police confiscated 21 tonnes of cocaine, 325 tonnes of hashish and 229 kilos of heroin.

What the police found – four kilos of cocaine – was down to me.

I lost 10 kilos eating junk food.

In one village, locals reported that two separate packages of around 85 kilos of carefully-wrapped cocaine had turned up in the previous ten days.

For weary expatriate mothers with children to entertain, there was an ice-cream as big as a swimming pool and weighing 4,000 kilos (nearly four tons).

The overweight often find it impossible to avoid eating to excess, and so the kilos continue to pile on.

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