metre

Example Sentences

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However a few people were found to have caught the virus from a man sitting more than a metre away at a birthday party.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Video footage shows these animals taking on sharks more than a metre long.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The council says that the bay allowed a two metre space on the pavement for pedestrians to walk.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

I met him in a trendy bar in Kyiv, a world away from the six metre deep dug out he inhabited with his squad at the front line for more than 100 days.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

Showed them the jets through which at every twelfth metre from zero to 2040 it was automatically injected.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley