How to Use the height of in a Sentence
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Floor seating is flat, not angled, so a short child’s view depends almost entirely on the height of the crowd in front of them.
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Lauren Schuster,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
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Floor seating is flat rather than angled, so a child’s view depends entirely on the height of whoever is standing in front of them.
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Lauren Schuster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
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Thanks to migrants, southern barbecues moved to Texas, and were the height of rural entertainment.
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Adrian Miller,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 July 2026
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Though the '40s and '50s were the height of her fame, the actress appeared in movies and TV shows during the '60s and '70s.
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Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
29 June 2026
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George Washington coveted French horology, purchasing watches from Paris at a time when French design represented the height of fashion.
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Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
3 July 2026
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Death rates increased around the height of the COVID-19 pandemic as more than 1 million people died of the disease; the illness has since dropped from the top causes of death in recent years.
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Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
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In neighboring offices during the height of the financial crisis, Warsh and Kohn would make daily pilgrimages to Bernanke’s office—weekends or otherwise—to go over the day’s developments and plan for the next.
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Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
3 July 2026
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The Air Force 1 ’01 mimics the shape and feel of the sneaker’s early 2000s construction down to the Swoosh placement, silhouette and even the height of the ankle collar.
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Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
30 June 2026
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In 1985, Santiago Escobar was enjoying the height of his own professional career in Colombia.
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Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
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Still, the tour doesn’t shy away from the mission’s sins over its 250 years, demystifying how supposedly carefree life was during the height of its operations before the United States conquered Mexico.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2026
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Focusing on the height of quality at every opportunity, KULAKOVSKY is an active articulation of practice, proof that there are many virtues beauty can possess.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026
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