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
Compared with the whole scale of temperature, from absolute zero to the white heat of the hottest stars, it is about a hand's-breadth compared to a mile.
From The Breath of Life by Burroughs, John
The dark foliage shuts out the light; scarcely a hand's-breadth of blue sky can be seen among the branches overhead.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
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