How to Use tall in a Sentence

tall

adjective

• The drinks were served in tall glasses.
• She is five feet tall.
• The giraffe is the tallest animal.
• All the children in my family grew up to be very tall.
• My mother is short but my father is fairly tall.
• These trees are the tallest trees in the world and are only found on the Pacific Coast.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• The taller gates have been installed at 11 of Metro’s 98 stations.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Beni is now 4 feet tall and weighs in at about 230 pounds, Disney says.
  — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
• You’ll be left with a thicker, sturdier, and taller pie.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Dec. 2023
• This mini climbing shrub rose grows to a height of 5 to 8 feet tall.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Moreover, ships have gotten taller over the past four decades.
  — Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023
• This process, known as blanching, makes the stems white and mild and encourages the plants to grow taller.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024
• Frankie Terrell is 3 feet tall, weighs 46 pounds and has brown hair with brown eyes.
  — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2024
• My housemates were a doughy white Rhodesian and a tall boy from Hong Kong.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Cowles Mountain, the tallest peak in the city of San Diego at 1,593 feet, is one of the most popular hikes in the county.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• For one thing, whereas the initial works were tall and thin, these new ones are stout.
  — Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2023
• Or cut a tree that is shorter than six feet tall in half and set it next to the yard debris cart.
  — oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2022
• This sleeping pad is 4 inches thick and wide enough to fit two tall adults.
  — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023
• The person then pulls herself to the top of a fence, which is several feet tall.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
• The 260 rooms and suites of this hotel are located in one of the tallest buildings in Denver.
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2024
• Seedlings can grow up to 2 feet tall in this planter which gives you plenty to harvest from.
  — Nor'adila Hepburn, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2024
• Swift wore an oversized red sweater with a black skirt, fishnet tights, and tall boots.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2024
• The smaller is about 25 feet tall, while the other makes an 80-foot plunge into big pools.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• The tiny cards are less than three inches tall — that’s smaller than a credit card!
  — Kaitlyn McInnis, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2023
• The next in line was David, a tall, blond joker who’d start his career tag-teaming with Kevin.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023
• Next to the record player sat a tall set of crammed bookshelves with a library ladder.
  — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• Each gourd will vary slightly in size and shape, but expect your gourd to be about 9 to 10 inches tall.
  — Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• The event-center bar, which advertised nine-dollar tall boys, was closed for the evening.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2024
• Roden Crater stands 580 feet tall and nearly 2 miles wide.
  — Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
• Even after a 41-yard pass play led LSU into the red zone, the Trojans stood tall with three straight stops, forcing a field goal.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024