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How to use length in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Length means the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object. Example: “Trim the stick down to a length of about twelve inches.”

Examples of length by meaning

nounDuration.

  • Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.1941, Robert Frost, The Gift Outright
  • In equatorial Ecuador, days and nights are almost the same length, and the sun goes down early.1990 August, Boyd Gibbons, “Missouri's Garden of Consequence”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 130

nounThe length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

  • five lengths ahead of the field

nounTotal extent.

  • the length of a book

nounPart of something that is long; a physical piece of something.

  • a length of rope
  • a length of hair

nounThe number of cards held in a particular suit.

  • An artificial bid doesn't necessarily show length in the suit being bid, it has an altogether different meaning.1999, Edwin B. Kantar, Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense, page 191

More sentences with length

  • Trim the stick down to a length of about twelve inches.From the entry down
  • We went the full length of the promenade before we found a place to sit down.From the entry go
  • The average length of a light on a 15×15 grid is 7 or 8.From the entry light
  • I notched a rod and used it to measure the length of rope to cut.From the entry rod
  • The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.From the entry ring
  • The lengths were calculated according to the empirical rules of the trade.From the entry empirical
  • By Pythagoras' theorem, we can calculate the length of the hypotenuse.From the entry by
  • The system was barely keeping pressure due to all of the ill-advised taps along its length.From the entry tap
  • Not even the most vociferous advocates of reform were willing to go to such lengths.From the entry vociferous
  • A rectangle is a square iff all four of its sides have the same length.From the entry iff
  • The second boat got a lap of half its length on the leader.From the entry lap
  • The derived unit of electrical resistance (ohm) is derived from length, mass, time, and electric current.From the entry derived unit
  • An anther is adnate when fixed by its whole length to the filament.From the entry adnate
  • Today I'll expound at length the theory that I propounded last year.From the entry propound
  • The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.From the entry anisotropic
  • The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.From the entry abridged
  • She's been keeping me at arm's length all the time. She doesn't want to get involved.From the entry at arm's length
  • The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.From the entry interrogate
  • Brussels sprouts reach a length of 4 centimeters and resemble clusters of miniature cabbages.From the entry brussels sprout
  • She remained at arm's length though we worked together for many years.From the entry arm's length
  • Strip down clean to the basic fibre, whatever it is, and cut it into knittable lengths.From the entry knittable
  • A 10% increase in length occurs during the third trimester, and the interpterion width increases 15%.From the entry interpterion
  • I've scoured the length and breadth of Australia in search of British baked beans.From the entry length and breadth
  • He spoke at great length on the topic.From the entry at
  • The centimetre is a unit of length.From the entry unit
  • The dimension of velocity is length divided by time.From the entry dimension
  • The fence goes the length of the boundary.From the entry go
  • She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.From the entry full
  • One rule of thumb is that the width of an adult thumb can approximate a length of one inch.From the entry inch
  • At the time of Augustus, the Roman inch was standardized at a length about 3% shorter than the modern English one.From the entry inch
  • Today I'll expound at length the theory propounded last week.From the entry expound
  • A rectangle is a square if and only if all four of its sides have the same length.From the entry if and only if
  • What is the relationship between arc length and radial length?From the entry radial

Meaning of length

  1. noun The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
  2. noun Duration.
  3. noun The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.

Full definition of length

Questions about length in a sentence

How do you use length in a sentence?
Length is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Trim the stick down to a length of about twelve inches.”
What is a short sentence with length?
“a length of hair”
What does length mean?
Length means the distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: length (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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