thickness

Example Sentences

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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

Chicken cutlet starts with either a boneless chicken thigh or a boneless chicken breast that’s covered with cling wrap and pounded to even thickness.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

For comparison, the entire disk of the VV 340a galaxy measures only about three kiloparsecs in thickness.

From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026

Mrs. Muokelu was gaunt; her body was built for thickness and now, with so much weight loss, she drooped, as though she could no longer stand straight.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie