Sentence examples for take your measure from inspiring English sources

IF you were raised by a man whose place in newspaper history is rivaled perhaps only by William Randolph Hearst, some people will take your measure by how much ink is in your veins.

A Chinese tailor will stand you on a box, take your measure with a strip of paper torn from the margin of a newspaper, making sundry tears chary, and have endeavored to bring all credits within a limit of from four to six weeks, allowing five per cent discount as a special inducement.

Take your measuring device and slap it across the top.

Take your measuring tape and put the end of it onto the corner of the wall and tape it there.

Take your measuring tape and measure a square perimeter around the hole of 4 x 4", then draw out the lines around this.

Take your measuring tape and measure the height of the door opening from the threshold to the bottom of the drip cap.

If you haven't had a performance review, formal or informal, ask for one; no matter what size company you work for, somebody's taking your measure.

Take your measurements with the measuring tape.

Use a tape measure to take your measurement for bust, waist, hips, and height.

Take your tape measure or yardstick and measure the depth of the pile, or the average length of each piece of firewood in that pile.

A smartphone can take your fingerprint, measure your heart rate, track every movement you make, even use positional sensors to indicate whether you are sitting, standing or lying down.