How to Use girth in a Sentence

girth

noun

• The tree is about two meters in girth.
• The record fish was 49 inches long with a 24-inch girth.
  — baltimoresun.com, 11 May 2017
• Volstagg is a huge man with a huge appetite and the girth to prove it.
  — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 27 June 2017
• That would give it a girth of well over 20 million miles.
  — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019
• The wrasse measured 18 inches from nose to tail and had a 13-inch girth.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 27 Sep. 2023
• Their silence strikes me as much as their height and girth.
  — Robert Earle Howells, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
• He's got length, girth and he's got a willingness to learn and put time in and work.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2023
• The largest tree felled by the storm's force had more than 60 inches in girth, Winters said.
  — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 19 June 2019
• There was no shifting him as the girth of his rear was clearly too wide for the child-sized swing.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 29 May 2018
• The fish measured 34 inches long and had a girth of 25 inches.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2021
• New xylem grow in rings at the periphery of the trunk just behind the bark, adding girth so the tree can get taller.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2017
• The fish was 32 inches long and had a eye-popping girth of 21 inches.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
• All of this expanded the girth of the trunk, allowing for a taller tree.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2017
• Still, the sheer size of this Hummer EV dwarfs the rest of these vehicles, not much in length, but in girth.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2020
• The cells should have been small orbs, but some were behemoths about 25 times the normal girth.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 29 Mar. 2021
• For a custom fit, try a jacket that bases sizes on the dog’s girth and comes with adjustable straps.
  — Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
• The Saghatelyans no longer use this forlorn family heirloom, the girth of which exceeds the width of the door’s frame.
  — Karine Vann, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
• The Saghatelyans no longer use this forlorn family heirloom, the girth of which exceeds the width of the door’s frame.
  — Karine Vann, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
• The weight, estimated based on its length and girth, was 373.5 pounds.
  — Ernie Cowan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• The foot has length, width, instep girth, arch height, and metatarsal toe bar measurements, to cite just a few.
  — Greg Tunney, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Beard was large in frame and girth, and his appetites were equally outsize.
  — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• The handle provides just enough width and girth to ensure a solid grip but isn’t bulky.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• The massive bears both are both using their girth to take over the river’s best fishing spots.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Oct. 2019
• The hefty girth of the steering wheel inspires confidence.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 May 2017
• The girth required a 4-8-8-4 wheel configuration to keep that thing rock-steady on the rails.
  — Tom Bentley, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2019
• The two men made the most of their girth to imitate the sounds of a water droplet hitting water, a cork being pulled and a UFO.
  — Bill Keveney, USA TODAY, 19 June 2018
• The pipeline failure occurred at a girth weld, a point that adjoins two pipes, the agency said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The monster measured 59 inches long and sported a 32-inch girth.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• One of the Sutton players who was singled out for pregame press was Wayne Shaw, as much for his girth as for his talent.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2017
• Depending on your space, styles can vary from lids that lift using door hinges to sliding screen doors for gardens with less girth.
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 18 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024