How to Use tall in a Sentence

tall

adjective
  • The drinks were served in tall glasses.
  • She is five feet tall.
  • The giraffe is the tallest animal.
  • All the children in my family grew up to be very tall.
  • My mother is short but my father is fairly tall.
  • That may seem like a tall task.
    — Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The tallest is more than 31 feet.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Kgasi, a tall man with a big smile, knows the place well.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 4 Feb. 2026
  • How did the toddler get so tall?
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • How can someone that tall move like that?
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • My sneakers caked tall with snow.
    — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
  • Calling a tall bush a tree does not make it so.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Roll your shoulders back and stand tall.
    — Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • This is a large plant, growing up to five feet tall.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Stand tall, shoulders rolled and feet hip-width apart.
    — Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Dawkins said that Sarr now stands over 7 feet tall.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Strain into a tall glass half filled with ice and top with beer.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and a dumbbell in each hand.
    — Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • It was named by a very tall man sitting right there in the third row.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • It was named by a very tall man standing right there in the third row.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The tires on this truck are tall enough to ride some amusement park rides.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Maybe 40 feet tall or something like that.
    — Jack Springgate, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the steel saguaros, which light up at night, are 14 feet tall.
    — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Red, just tall enough to peer over the table, kept a close watch on all.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The trees loomed tall and snow-laden in the soft light cast from our windows.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Dec. 2021
  • The world’s tallest bridge has opened in China.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The piece stands nearly nine-feet-tall and spans more than five feet across.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The birds-eye view — from drone, plane or very tall ladder — is the best.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The tall, dark-haired son bent over to bury his face in his mother's hair.
    — ABC News, 28 May 2026
  • The tall, dark-haired son bent over to bury his face in his mother’s hair.
    — Vanessa A. Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026

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