How to Use width in a Sentence

width

noun
  • The deck runs the full width of the house.
  • What is the width of the table?
  • We swam ten widths in the pool.
  • She carefully measured the length and width of the room.
  • I bought two widths of fabric.
  • The carpet is available in several widths.
  • Your feet should be hip-width apart.
    — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 21 June 2026
  • Start with your feet hip-width apart.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The width of a hair, maybe, right?
    — Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Step close, feet about hip-width apart.
    — Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Look at the plant’s mature height and width.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • That margin is about the width of his stick.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • There has been an absence of pace and width.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Keep your legs shoulder-width apart.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2025
  • These bites are airy puffs about the size and width of an adult’s thumb.
    — Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lie on back with knees bent and feet flat on the ground hip width apart.
    — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 12 July 2023
  • Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The width of the fleet’s seats are outlined here.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Stand upright with your feet about hip-width apart.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Stand tall, shoulders rolled and feet hip-width apart.
    — Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • That's the width of three fingers held at arm’s length.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The peak wind gust, path width and length are all unknown.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Stand with your feet about hip-width to shoulder-width apart.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Its width ranges from 21 miles to 60 miles.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and a dumbbell in each hand.
    — Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Plant bulbs point side up and root side down about three times as deep as their width.
    — Alice Cason, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • When all fringe is cut to the same width, tug on each piece and cut at the loop.
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2020
  • That’s about the same width as an outstretched fist held against the sky.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • That’s less than the width of two of your fingers held at arm’s length!
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 31 May 2026

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