Sentence examples for a handy length from inspiring English sources

Nobody's paying attention to you!' " "So I started carrying this with me," he said, displaying a handy length of fiber-optic cable neatly peeled open, as if a modern mystery unveiled.

As a result, the battery is often drained long before I've made it to the bottom of my bowl of bland supermarket stodge, and I have to sit with my ass pressed right up against the edge of the sofa while it charges via a USB cable which extends to the handy length of three inches.

As a result, the battery is often drained long before I've made it to the bottom of my bowl of bland supermarket stodge, and I have to sit with my arse pressed right up against the edge of the sofa while it charges via a USB cable which extends to the handy length of three inches.

The book is a handy and manageable length.

ocado.com, £15.49 This is the first gadget to catch my technology-averse eye: a simple wooden rolling pin, satisfyingly heavy in beech wood, with a handy ruler guide along the length.

All in all, you get the adapter, a standard-length wall cord, a handy 7-inch wall cord (no tangling!), a retractable mini-USB cable with micro-USB converter, voltage adjuster (to switch between 14-17 volts and 17-21 volts depending on your computer), and nine tips compatible with machines made by HP/Compaq, Dell, Acer/Gateway, Toshiba, Lenovo, Sony, and Asus.

A handy gauge is your fist held at arm's length - it is approximately 10° 'tall'tall

A handy chart.

A handy lead.

A handy visualisation tool.

A handy hint?