How to Use breadth in a Sentence

breadth

noun
  • We measured the height, breadth, and depth of each piece of furniture.
  • The breadth of the problem is unclear across the metro area.
    oregonlive, 29 July 2022
  • And the parties are at odds over the breadth of her influence.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Yet one day of market breadth is not reason to declare the bear market over.
    Lucy Brewster, Fortune, 22 July 2022
  • Two looks that show the breadth of Kajal Patel’s wedding wear.
    Alice Newbold, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
  • What counts are those boxes that reflect a full breadth of her literary achievements.
    Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 20 July 2022
  • Looking at the full breadth of the problem, Marshall doesn't seem to have much good news to offer.
    Gordon Feller, Ars Technica, 26 July 2022
  • If the intensity of the heat wave has captured attention, so has the breadth of it.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2022
  • Soon, employees' career growth will depend on the breadth of their skills and their ability to learn and adapt quickly.
    Dr. Lisa Toppin, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • So the market uptrend is certainly supported by long-term breadth measures.
    David Keller, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Is hiking across the breadth of England the best honeymoon possible?
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Both macchiatos and lattes were attempted in order to get the full breadth of what these products were capable of.
    Alyssa Brascia, PEOPLE.com, 21 July 2022
  • Morais: The breadth of the series is really spanning so many number of years to the actual process of forming a union.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022
  • But the breadth of Vancouver’s services and interventions is almost unimaginable in the United States, less than an hour’s drive to the south.
    New York Times, 26 July 2022
  • As two ‘gutsy’ women themselves, their breadth of experience and insight into social issues and gender politics is inspiring.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 July 2022
  • The shift knob is no more than a hand's breadth away from the rim.
    Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The breadth and speed of the assault points to deep planning by Hamas.
    Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • With the spike in interest has come a greater breadth of styles.
    WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Still a hair’s breadth away from me, his face glowered.
    Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The know-how and breadth of the webtoon platforms is also at a level now.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Maybe all the choices overwhelm at first glance, but the beauty is in the breadth.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • The goal is to give readers a breadth of stories and opinions at a glance.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 May 2024
  • The medicines in short supply range all over the breadth of human ailments.
    Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Her breadth and skill as an artist are seldom seen at the high school level.
    Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The water came out in a dribble, with a hair’s-breadth turn of the tap between icy and scalding.
    Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Given the breadth of their work, nobody will love every one of the acts these four have worked with.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
  • People pointed and their eyes widened at the breadth of the selection.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • His bosses made good use of the breadth of his expertise.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Because of the storm’s breadth, however, its effects could stretch along a huge swath of the coast.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Presendieu gets the depth and breadth of Jackson fandom.
    Christine Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023

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