inch

Example Sentences

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Brady, meanwhile, is 21 months younger, two inches taller—and every bit as much of a pest as his brother.

From The Wall Street Journal

Knight has tried long track speed skates, Bowe said, but the length, which ranges from 16 to 19 inches, made her feel as if she would cut her ankles with the razor-sharp blades.

From Los Angeles Times

Still more people have been surveilled and captured in DHS databases, with federal agents in some cases holding cellphones inches from their faces to scan their features, or else taking pictures of their license plates.

From Salon

Made on a modest budget, the film follows a ragtag group of final-year students at Delhi's School of Planning and Architecture as they drift, stall and inch toward graduation.

From BBC

Meanwhile, as life expectancy inches higher and financial stress grows, here are three big things to ponder:

From MarketWatch