Sentence example with the word 'shortness'

shortness

Definition n. the property of being of short spatial extent

Last update: June 25, 2015


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Notwithstanding the shortness of their limbs they run with rapidity.   [Please select]

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* * * * * The remarkable breadth of the bill, and the extreme shortness of the tail, in this bird, render it a very singular little creature.   [Please select]

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Consequently, this season, from the shortness of the day, is called bruma or dies brumales.   [Please select]

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Each slight change in the length or shortness of the beak, in the length of leg, &c.   [Please select]

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The Indian species is only a variety distinguishable by its yet longer ears ("and comparative shortness of the thumbs"--_Dobson_).   [Please select]

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Shortness on the flank, and shortness or thickness on the belly, are serious defects.   [Please select]

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Notwithstanding her exceedingly ugly red dress, its shortness, its uncouth make, she ran as gracefully as a young fawn.   [Please select]

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This, with the shortness of the feathers of the neck, makes the back of the turkey convex.   [Please select]

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Indeed with his quick ways, his shortness, his bushy little grey whiskers and his pepper and salt suit with its flapping pockets, Mr.   [Please select]

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But an expert, at the most casual glance, would have noted a shortness of nose and breadth of jaw and a shape of ear and shoulder that told dead against him.   [Please select]

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