girth
Example Sentences
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Here, rampaging around in heavy pelts that double their girth, they’re clearly having a blast.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
Yet he seems to have developed this superiority as much through charisma and kindness as from sheer girth.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
He had the thrilling job of measuring the first shark’s length and girth.
From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023
"They're not treating wrinkles or lax skin. They want less girth to their neck, a slimmer, more contoured neck," said Scot Glasberg, president-elect of Plastic Surgery Foundation, who practices in New York.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2023
It was a merry journey with Tom Bombadil trotting gaily beside them, or before them, on Fatty Lumpkin, who could move much faster than his girth promised.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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