Sentence examples for about a sixteenth of from inspiring English sources

He was eased about a sixteenth of a mile from the wire by jockey Mick Kinane.

Each measured about a sixteenth of an inch across, and there were more than sixty of them.

"A few jumps after the start, somebody came over and clipped heels with us, and I lost my balance and I tried to put my feet back into the irons, and it took me about a sixteenth of a mile to get my balance together," Velazquez said.

Recounts Schifrin: They argued for ten minutes about a sixteenth of a point [a teenie] on the interest rate.

By contrast the projected end strength for Fiscal Year 2017 for the U.S. military is roughly one point two million; about a sixteenth of what we had during the Second World War.

It needs to match the diameter of the hole, usually about a sixteenth of an inch.

About a sixth of the population never returned.

They are about a sixth of the population.

About a third of them cost between $250 and $1,000.

About a third of Pennsylvanians disagreed.

This covered about a tenth of costs.