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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a head taller" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is taller than another person by the height of a head, often in a comparative context.
Example: "In the group photo, Sarah stood out because she was a head taller than everyone else."
Alternatives: "one head taller" or "taller by a head".
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Scott is a head taller.
He is a head taller than everyone else.
"You showed that you are a head taller than any good-for-nothings or loudmouths".
(Mr. Springsteen was standing on something, since Mr. Clemons was a head taller).
He was about a head taller than Joe DeRosa, a veteran referee working the game.
At 6-foot-3, he appeared nearly a head taller than almost everyone around him.
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He's a big kid, a full head taller than most of his preschool classmates, but he's still a kid.
In the still, he's locked in an awkward slow-dance embrace with a girl an entire head taller than him, but that's not even the worst of it.
She is a former model — she stands a full head taller than her husband — whom he met in 1975.
Tania had grown a whole head taller than me and acquired a strange, restless manner.
Wallace was said to be 6ft 6in tall, a good head taller than Mel Gibson.
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