MEASURED in a Sentence

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The green muslin measured seventeen inches about the waist, and Mammy had laced her for the eighteen-inch bombazine.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEASURED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
measured
 a.  careful; restrained; calculated; deliberate; regular in rhythm and number
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The green muslin measured seventeen inches about the waist, and Mammy had laced her for the eighteen-inch bombazine.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  Melanie's voice, measured and peaceful, a little reproving, rose above the others.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
3  But the hooves slowed down in a startlingly natural way to the rhythm of a walk and there was the measured scrunch-scrunch on the gravel.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  But this measured delivery made his words more impressive, and mourners who had been dry-eyed before began now to reach for handkerchiefs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
5  They both laughed, and he knelt by the table to light the lamp under the kettle, while she measured out the tea into a little tea-pot of green glaze.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 1
6  The two measured each other for a moment, but Lily still saw her opponent through a blur of scorn that made all other considerations indistinct.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
7  But all the while another self was sharpening her to vigilance, whispering the terrified warning that every word and gesture must be measured.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
8  She put out her hand, and measured the soothing drops into a glass; but as she did so, she knew they would be powerless against the supernatural lucidity of her brain.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 13
9  One of these little infants, that from certain queer tokens seemed hardly a day old, might have measured some fourteen feet in length, and some six feet in girth.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
10  I measured it with the lead line.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
11  Now, the greatest depth of the invested body of this particular whale must have been at least sixteen feet; whereas, the corresponding rib measured but little more than eight feet.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale's Skeleton.
12  We pulled him out straight and measured him by my riding-quirt; he was about five and a half feet long.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VII
13  She measured a teacup full, tied it up in a bit of sacking, and presented it ceremoniously to grandmother.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: X
14  He did not touch his tools at first, but figured for a long while on a piece of paper, and measured the planks and made marks on them.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
15  The philosophical tall soldier measured a sandwich of cracker and pork and swallowed it in a nonchalant manner.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
16  The size of a man may be measured by the size of the things that make him angry.
17  Beauty cannot be measured by any absolute standard.
18  She replied in a measured tone to his threat.
19  A clock struck slowly in the house with a measured, solemn chime.
20  The Massachusetts Department of Public Health measured the nicotine yield of different brands between 1998 and 2004 and found a worrying increase across the board.
21  The light frequency, f, that we want to determine is too high to be measured directly.
22  Its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun.
23  The monkeys have electrodes implanted into the brain to measure their brain activity.
24  The local administration says the curfew is a precautionary measure.
25  He was not afraid to measure himself against a much more dangerous animal.
26  Eat at pleasure, drink with measure.
27  We, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.
28  It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
29  A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits.
30  One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer or a standard measure of spirits.