girth

Example Sentences

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So it makes sense that, despite all their girth and grunting, shot putters tend to be science geeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2024

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

The crowds gathered ten deep for one hundred feet in each direction, a few spectators reaching through the slats of the fence to stroke Seabiscuit’s chest as Smith cinched the girth on Woolf’s kangaroo-leather saddle.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand