Sentence examples for foot of height from inspiring English sources

After that bullshit, she put on a foot of height and that was it for gymnastics.

To provide the proper support, a levee's base must expand by three feet for every additional foot of height, said Dan Hitchings, the director of regional business for the Mississippi Valley Division of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Each tree measured gets a point for each foot of height, a point for each four feet of crown spread and a point for each inch of circumference, measured at chest height.

Elevation of the bag will increase the intrauterine pressure and one foot of height will approximate to around 25 mm of Hg [59].

It had improved R-2800-48 piston engines and the tail was redesigned to add 1 foot of height to the tailfin.

At least it helps to explain why, at a recent tasting, I found myself standing next to a stunning, statuesque model who, in her heels, had a good foot of height on me.

Ewing had to put 7 feet of height and more than 250 pounds of weight on that patched tendon.

Martin circled for six minutes, staying even to the ground but gaining 262 feet of height on his rival.

For the next 17 minutes, it shed around 1,000 feet of height a minute – a gradual glide downwards rather than a dive.

Last year, it began an exterior restoration project with the architect Walter Melvin, cleaning the masonry and rebuilding the roof, and, especially the parapets, which "lean out about a foot in 10 feet of height" said Mr. Melvin, who attributes the problem to thermal creep over the years.

With his 51-inch chest (unexpanded), size 17 1/2 collar, massive head, almost six feet of height, generous abdominal proportions and well over 200 pounds of weight -- all supported on a pair of thin-looking legs -- he has a habit of dominating any stage on which he appears.