length

Example Sentences

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It was only a maiden race, but Cherokee Nation won by 10 lengths and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 100.

From Los Angeles Times

Evidence of the fuel crisis is increasingly clear across the length and breadth of the island.

From BBC

He was sitting quietly on the outside edge of his circle, at the maximum length of his chain.

From Literature

New ones were not to be found in Nikolai, but Oteg poked through his bundles and found two lengths of spruce, which he fitted to the runners and bound with caribou sinew.

From Literature

“We don’t know the exact length, but pretty temporary,” Wright said in an interview on ABC News Thursday.

From Barron's