thickness

Example Sentences

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Give kids the thickness of a community of cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Weatherhead says the thickness of the skin affects how well red light can penetrate.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The base was rich, but it lacked the kind of body that makes a chowder feel finished: the subtle thickness, the quiet cohesion.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

In the Arctic, however, sea ice has thinned dramatically, with average thickness falling from 3.59 metres in 1975 to 1.25 meters in 2012, according to a 2015 study.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

The size and thickness of those doors was enough to make Quentyn Martell question the wisdom of this course.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin