Sentence examples for be around the size from inspiring English sources

A planetary embryo called Theia, thought to be around the size of Mars or Earth, collided with Earth 4.5 billion years ago when our planet was just 100 million years old.

The recommended daily allowance for alcohol consumption in Britain may well be around the size of a medium to large glass of wine depending on your gender, but a leading scientist in the field has claimed drinking just over a bottle a day would do no harm to your health.

It should be around the size of a three month old goat.

It should be around the size of a hotel shampoo bottle.

Also, the circle should be around the size of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.

Seed potatoes should be around the size of a hen's egg with no visible blemishes.

That may also explain the popularity of quail eggs, which are "around the size of a large gumball," in the words of Matthew Sytsema, chef at the 70-acre Griggstown Quail Farm and Market in Princeton.

Back at the start of this century the Chinese economy was around 11% the size of the US; now it is nearly 60% the size of the US.

Beth and Richard showed me their then-current prototype, which was around the size of a microwave (much more compact than their original refrigerator-sized prototype, which I hadn't gotten a chance to see the year before).

On closer inspection it turned out that each jellyfish was around the size of a large dinner plate.

The hole was around the size of Cuba in 1979 (130,000 sq km) and has grown to the size of North America today (25 million sq km).