thickness

Example Sentences

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Using earthquake waves, the team was able to map the thickness and structure of the lithosphere beneath different continents.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Give kids the thickness of a community of cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Weatherhead says the thickness of the skin affects how well red light can penetrate.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The base was rich, but it lacked the kind of body that makes a chowder feel finished: the subtle thickness, the quiet cohesion.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Mrs. Muokelu was gaunt; her body was built for thickness and now, with so much weight loss, she drooped, as though she could no longer stand straight.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie