Sentence examples for were taller than from inspiring English sources

They were taller than he was.

"Those devilish brooms were taller than I was," he remembered.

If you were taller than someone, you must be older than them.

It was flat and overgrown: the weeds were taller than their three young children.

There were herds of crimson cattle that roared and were taller than castles.

Before 2000, fewer than 250 buildings around the world were taller than 600 feet.

"If they were taller than 5ft 3in we'd have the best team around," the basketball coach admits, a little ruefully.

I was almost as tall as some of the cottages, yet some of the flowers were taller than I.

According to N.B.A. rosters, 269 of the league's 436 players were taller than Hayes at the start of this season.

The computers were taller than I was, and stood in rows with their tape drives in a cool, dry room with glass walls.

The man was annoyed when he saw them because they were taller than he and he liked to be the tallest at a gathering.