Sentence examples for ten lengths from inspiring English sources

'To win the Derby is always special,' he explains, 'whether you win by a nose or by ten lengths.

A month later, one of Squires's horses trained by Jones, Stones River, ran at Delaware Park, and won by nearly ten lengths.

Updated at 6.22pm BST 6.16pm BST Oxford pass the Stag Brewery, now almost ten lengths clear... 6.16pm BST Around a twenty second gap as the two crews pass under Barnes Bridge.

My nine-year-old cheered "my personal best" as I walked ten lengths of the hall outside my apartment.

Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having beaten Oxford by ten lengths in the previous year's race.

It was won by Cambridge who passed the finishing post ten lengths ahead of Oxford, securing Cambridge's fourth consecutive victory.

Oxford went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1863 race by ten lengths, with the overall record tied on ten victories each.

Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1928 race by ten lengths, with Oxford leading overall with 40 victories to Cambridge's 39 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).