four by four

How to use four by four in a sentence

• They lowered it with ropes, and when it settled onto the four-by-four studs at the bottom, they withdrew the ropes.

  John Grisham's First Short Story: Part Two | John Grisham | October 26, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

• Two pieces of four-by-four-inch timber each fifteen feet long should be made for sills by nailing two-by-fours together.

  Shelters, Shacks and Shanties | D.C. Beard

• Then he tried the ceiling and found the opening—a wooden trap covering a four-by-four hole—covering it snugly.

  Deadly City | Paul W. Fairman