tall
Example Sentences
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Silva Gu's eyes dart back and forth across miles of tall grassland, scouring it for signs of life in the darkness.
From BBC
He believes the UK suffers from "tall poppy syndrome" – where successful people are resented – and a negative culture.
From BBC
He is the Gulfport general manager for Ports America, a private company that handles cargo at the port and that ordered the smallest of the cranes, measuring 300 feet tall and weighing 1,500 tons.
Farther up, he pointed out clumps of new conifers, some up to 18 feet tall.
From Los Angeles Times
The jockeying has divided Rarotonga, where chickens and dogs roam freely, and buildings aren’t allowed to be bigger than the tallest coconut trees.
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