Example Sentences

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The newly identified crocodile was an impressive animal, measuring roughly 12 to 15 feet long and weighing between 600 and 1,300 pounds.

From Science Daily • Jun. 13, 2026

Saint is Black, with black hair and brown eyes, weighs 60 pounds and is 4 feet tall, the release states.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

"He had black crew-cut hair and National Health glasses and was frightfully shy and very poor... I started selling the odd drawing on his behalf for seven or eight pounds."

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Developers say those requirements can add thousands of pounds to the cost of a new home.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The needle zoomed up and wavered between fourteen and fifteen pounds.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas