hand's-breadth
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Every little pebble was distinct, every speckled trout, every hand’s-breadth of sand,” Mark Twain wrote of his unimpeded glimpse into Lake Tahoe’s depths in “Roughing It.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2013
I have a bed which is about a hand's-breadth wide .
From Time Magazine Archive
No eye can venture to compass more than a hand's-breadth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mountains could be seen as clearly as though they were but a hand's-breadth away.
From A Hero of Our Time by Wisdom, J. H.
Towards sunrise rain fell heavily, but brought no relief from the heat; the sun, a cherry-red ball, hung a hand's-breadth over the forests when the curtain of rain faded away.
From The Maid-At-Arms by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
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