footlong

Example Sentences

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He whipped back around, wound up, and threw his footlong Subway sub at the agent, hitting him square in the chest.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2025

“I get a $7.99 footlong and have them cut it in threes,” the retiree told me.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

The one-day-only “Cookieway” included a free footlong cookie with the purchase of any footlong sandwich between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. local time, while supplies lasted.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

The next day, sitting outside the Wasserman Football Center, McDonald glances at the footlong scar on his left leg.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2023

Mr. Hume nodded and filled a pipe, having a footlong stem, made out of the wing-bone of an albatross.

From In Search of the Okapi A Story of Adventure in Central Africa by Glanville, Ernest