Sentence examples for were measuring from inspiring English sources
noun
A prescribed quantity or extent. Moderation, temperance. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.) An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
This confirmed the construct validity and reassured us that these measurement procedures were measuring the same construct.
In retrospect, he understood that they were measuring wind speed and direction.
In essence they were measuring just how badly buildings would shake during future temblors.
The Poles, in that respect, were measuring themselves against history.
"Since the mid-1960's, he's probably been the Canadian poet that younger poets were measuring themselves against".
Part of what the scientists were measuring, then, was how children reacted to the state of being bored.
When El Mundo Deportivo called it a Super Manita, everyone in Catalunya knew what they were measuring it against.
And in December, the stores were measuring their performance against the bleak numbers of 2008.
Dr. Moher added that bias could easily be introduced when investigators changed the primary outcome they were measuring — moving the goalpost, so to speak.
Meanwhile, Dr. Natanson and a team of biologists from several universities were measuring, gutting and weighing the organs of every shark brought in.
It also signaled that the four major Democratic mayoral candidates were measuring how Mr. Sharpton might affect this race -- whether as a candidate or as a commentator.
