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How to use size up in a sentence

The Admiral came aboard and between us we tried to size up the new situation and to readjust ourselves thereto.

But this mornin' I got a chance to size up the whole bunch, and nary one uh them jaspers I wanted t' see was in sight.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

There, too, was James Duane, with never so great need of his "surveying eye" to enable him to size up the situation.

Envelopes of any size up to twelve inches are handled, and by throwing off the sealing device, mailing cards can be stamped.

Once on the arena, I size up my man, fall to, and decide on the spot whether to thrust or to cut.

In amongst a gang of high financers like himself he'd size up as a pretty good sport, I shouldn't wonder.

She did not tell me her price but wanted to size up my pile.

If a pitcher is going to talk to a batter, he must size up his man.

They had to size up things in solitude instead of reading the sizing up from text books, as is done in the regular university.

DOLLARS AND SENSECOL. WM. C. HUNTER

There is one man at the enlisting dépôt who is a wonderful being, and can size up a new recruit at a glance.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985