sizing up
Example Sentences
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Bring it up too early and it can sound like you're sizing up their bank balance.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
“We’re ants, we’re nothing,” I remember him saying, sizing up the state of the American left.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The board spent months sizing up strengths and weaknesses of external and internal candidates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
If there’s one quality that Cignetti prizes above almost all others when sizing up a potential recruit, it’s hip, knee and ankle mobility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
“That city’s beatin’ on you, ain’t it?” she said, sizing up Dad first.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
