Sentence examples for half again as wide from inspiring English sources

The cockpit measured 21 inches across, nearly half again as wide as a racing scull cockpit.

The little round mouth of the Coke bottle thudded into the meat over and over until each piece was not only dimpled but flattened out half again as wide as it had been.

To accommodate the expected heavy commuter traffic between the Lower East Side and the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, Buck envisioned a bridge approximately half again as wide as its more famous neighbor, with 10 rather than six lanes for trains, trolleys and carriages.

The Pacific Ocean, perhaps half again as wide as the Hudson, separates the United States from three flattened land masses labeled China, Japan and Russia.

The most interesting thing we saw was a beaver dam — a good five feet high and half again as wide, banked up against a cypress tree — looking every bit as solid as an Allied bunker.

The black unemployment rate has been reliably half again as much as the white one.

This year's festival is half again as big as last year's.

It was cumbersome, half again as big as the stroller she was used to.

Johnson's pitches still zip half again as fast as Niekro's did, though.

It has fallen more than half again as much as the S&P 500 since 2000.

Smithers says U.S. stock prices are half again as high as they should be.