LENGTH in a Sentence

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For LENGTH, below is one of 253 sentences:
These locks were braided with gems, and, being worn at full length, intimated the noble birth and free-born condition of the maiden.

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 Meanings and Examples of LENGTH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
length
 n.  size of the gap between two places
 n.  the measurement of something from end to end
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Why, the height of a man, in nine cases out of ten, can be told from the length of his stride.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  That is shown by the increased length of his strides.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
3  A length of yellow brocade was visible half-way up; and, as one reached the top, a small powdered face, a great head-dress slung with pearls, came into view; an ancestress of sorts.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
4  Nature had provided a stretch of turf half a mile in length and level, till it suddenly dipped to the lily pool.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
5  The leaning graceful trees with black bracelets circling the silver bark were distant about a ship's length.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
6  You know how little I do claim, but I will go that length.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
7  At length the signal was given, and all the ring leaned forward.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
8  These locks were braided with gems, and, being worn at full length, intimated the noble birth and free-born condition of the maiden.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
9  When the travellers had pushed on at a rapid rate through many devious paths, the Palmer at length broke silence.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  At length the barriers were opened, and five knights, chosen by lot, advanced slowly into the area; a single champion riding in front, and the other four following in pairs.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
11  At length the champion paused beneath the balcony in which the Lady Rowena was placed, and the expectation of the spectators was excited to the utmost.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  Gurth at length complied; and telling out eighty zecchins upon the table, the Jew delivered out to him an acquittance for the horse and suit of armour.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
13  Locksley returned almost instantly with a willow wand about six feet in length, perfectly straight, and rather thicker than a man's thumb.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
14  At length he could repress his feelings no longer.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
15  Finding himself overpowered, the Jester at length threw himself from his horse, plunged into the thicket, and, favoured by the general confusion, escaped from the scene of action.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
16  He has to hold newspapers at arm's length to focus on the print.
17  The boat measured fifteen feet in length and four feet in breadth.
18  You must measure the length by rule and line.
19  A meter is a measure of length.
20  Measure the size of the window and cut the cloth to length.
21  Measure the length and width of the gap.
22  The length of the movie is two hours.
23  This room is twice the length of the other, but much narrower.
24  Life's like a play: It's not the length,but the excellence of the acting that matters.
25  The professor discoursed at length on how students from different language backgrounds make the same kinds of mistakes in the use of articles.
26  The length of time spent exercising depends on the sport you are training for.
27  The standard of length in France is the metre.
28  He went into the subject at full length.
29  Astronomers can accurately foretell the date, time, and length of future eclipses.
30  We can find 692 antonym pairs in English where both words have the same length.