footlong

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, one end of the observation car had been filled by several women in white bonnets, joined by men with straw hats, footlong beards and no mustaches.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

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

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

The impact bent the vehicle’s steel push-bar, and Kandula’s elbow left a footlong groove in the vehicle’s hood.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

A narrow, flattened, expressionless head was followed by a footlong strip of yellow-barred scales; then there was a pause, and the head turned, in a beautifully symmetrical half-circle, towards the whistler.

From Openings in the Old Trail by Harte, Bret