Sentence examples for fist length from inspiring English sources

Religious police from the Taliban's Committee for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice would beat men whose beards weren't long enough (a fist length from the chin) and women who were not completely covered from head to toe in burqa.

Grab the flag in the silk, about 2 fist lengths above the tab (the tape holding the silk on the pole) with your left hand, and hold your right hand palm up 2 fist lengths below the tab.

The optimum length for me, as a Muslim, is for the beard to be of fist-length.

Many Salafi men insist on a fist-length beard and wear their trousers above the ankle in a desire to emulate the prophet.

On the top stair, the lead SEAL swivelled right; with his night-vision goggles, he discerned that a tall, rangy man with a fist-length beard was peeking out from behind a bedroom door, ten feet away.

Men must wear their pants above the ankle and keep their beard one fist in length - these must not be considered as insignificant actions.

You can use two closed fists to measure the length for your laces, but if you want to be precise you can use a tape measure or ruler.

My bedroom television, although not small, subtends an angle of about 10°, the width of my fist held at arm's length (astronomers go around measuring angular distances with their fists and fingers all the time).

(Your outstretched fist held at arm's length measures about 10 degrees).

(Your closed fist held at arm's length measures roughly 10 degrees across).

Its logo depicts a clenched fist stretched skyward, clutching a length of film.