Sentence examples for inch from inspiring English sources
The word "inch" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe measurements or distances when referring to feet or inches. For example, "The fence post is 6 feet 8 inches tall."
noun
A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
We trawled each other's bodies for every inch of history.
Early on, back when Underwood was a hungry whip who'd stab his own grandmother if it would inch him closer to power, you'd see him indiscriminately spraying bullets around at clusters of enemies in Call of Duty.
In training if we see anyone that's off their feet or half an inch offside, we pull them up straightaway.
In miniature, Sajid Javid's approval of touts is part of the same ideology that sees every available inch of public life exploited for profit, every transaction monetised at every possible point, from energy to entertainment, often at the expense of those least able to afford the surcharges.
The footage and fall-out have been raked to within an inch of their lives for clues as to the cause of the disagreement, the front-running theory so far being that Jay Z wanted to go to Rihanna's after party (Rihanna of all people! My dear) and that Solange piled in on her sister's behalf, all the better to persuade him to get his sorry arse home.
A man with a Napoleonic physique and ambitions, he was noted for his pinstriped suits and highly polished shoes, looking every inch the City figure he was.
After two days of house music and talking to Russians about 'rave techno house trance very tasty vodka', even a German heavy metal DVD played on a TV with a 12-inch screen sounded like angels sighing.
The bathroom - attired in Farrow & Ball's Rectory Red - has a white slipper bath in the centre of the room and a 17-inch digital TV to watch while you lurk in the suds.
The environment in which Thorgeson did much of his work now seems comically old-fashioned, not just in terms of the glorious canvas provided by the 12-inch vinyl record, but the people with whom he had to deal.
The Storm Prediction Center said Wednesday's storms in an area from northern Oklahoma to western Illinois could be significant – defined as having 2-inch hail, 75mph winds and tornadoes rated at EF2 or higher.
Think of the most obscure release from the most obscure artist you knew; it was there, on Oink, in every issue and reissue, including redacted promo copies and split seven-inch records and bonus tracks from Japanese pressings you'd never even heard of.
