poundage

Example Sentences

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“Me, I’m the strong guy,” Gude said laughing, noting that her body weight was just twice the poundage of the gear and chainsaw she was carrying.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2020

It also cannot tell us how, if our bones do keep track of our poundage, they manage that feat, or how they communicate the information to the brain and its appetite centers.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2018

Even so, 2014 was a comparatively good year for Oregon salmon, up 82 percent in poundage and 62 percent in value.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2015

After three checkpoints, Markasyan’s pace slowed as he strained against the growing poundage on the cart.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2015

Of course, Ben thought, Red has ten or twenty of his buddies surrounding him which gives the battle of poundage back to Red by several thousand pounds.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy