CIRCUMFERENCE in a Sentence

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For CIRCUMFERENCE, below is one of 12 sentences:
At the head there was a great iron wheel, about twenty feet in circumference, with rings here and there along its edge.

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 Meanings and Examples of CIRCUMFERENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
circumference
 n.  boundary line of a circle, figure, area, or object
Classic Sentence:
1  Mammy pulled and jerked vigorously and, as the tiny circumference of whalebone-girdled waist grew smaller, a proud, fond look came into her eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  At the head there was a great iron wheel, about twenty feet in circumference, with rings here and there along its edge.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
3  A circle of a few hundred feet in circumference was drawn, and each of the party took a segment for his portion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
4  Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  The loads were all laid together, and a pyramid of furze thirty feet in circumference now occupied the crown of the tumulus, which was known as Rainbarrow for many miles round.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country
6  It stood prominent six feet, and could not be less than sixteen in circumference.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I.
7  Paris, centre, banlieue, circumference; this constitutes all the earth to those children.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—HIS FRONTIERS
Example Sentence:
1  God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
2  God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.
3  It's a mile round the circumference of the field.
4  The earth has a circumference of approximately 24900 miles.
5  Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.