Sentence examples for measuring up from inspiring English sources

Height measurements were taken using an AlturaExata® portable stadiometer measuring up to 2 with an accuracy of 1 mm.

Is he measuring up?

Is it measuring up to its name?

Measuring up to the marathoner at one's side can be daunting.

Or was it negative, as in the directors are measuring up the dividend?

He was charging on to it, clearly measuring up a volley.

He was not alone in not measuring up to pre-Olympic hype.

Our bodies literally poked and prodded – never measuring up to the European standard of beauty.

Much of the conversation involved wondering why this year wasn't measuring up to last.

I think I was afraid of not measuring up to that.

Cameron's plea suggested that George Osborne had been measuring up the curtains for years.