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Example sentences for: ton

How can you use “ton” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

That idea bore fruit in 1292 with the casting of the 120-ton Daibutsu in the courtyard of Kotoku-in temple — after Mr. Fuji, probably the most photographed icon of Japan.
The temples date from the 14th century; one artifact, a 5-ton bronze bell, was cast in 1202.
The 2010 and 2020 Clear Skies Act profile includes a 4.5 million ton/year cap on EGUs beginning in 2010 for SO2 emissions, which will be lowered to a 3 million ton cap in 2018; a 2.1 million ton/yr cap beginning in 2008 for NOX emissions, which will be lowered to a 1.7 million ton cap in 2018; and a 26 ton/yr cap beginning in 2010 for mercury emissions, which will be lowered to a 15 ton cap in 2018.
Examples include dollar cost per ton, machine hour, labor hour, or department hour.
' Ton is not the word for `tone': it is not even a standard Spanish word, being a nonceword in this expression, mainly for rhyme and euphony.