Sentence examples for what yardstick from inspiring English sources

What yardstick are you using?

And what yardstick could be clearer than the numbers on a paycheck?

By what yardstick did Frank conclude that we are undergoing "the greatest wave of political corruption in living memory"?

Whether the world's generosity is producing a triumph or a failure depends on what yardstick is used.

What those yardsticks might be, I will write about (phew) in a later post.

Now, the Pan Pacific San Francisco near Union Square has come up with another yardstick: what guests leave behind.

By what universal moral yardstick does a wounded spirit mitigate murder?

That's a lot of broken teacups, eh Jan? Still, if his death wasn't natural "by any yardstick", what did kill him?

What is the yardstick; what are the terms of reference?

This is what Americans want, the yardstick they have identified for victory.

Notice, though, that whatever our ZIP code, our mental yardstick of what was desirable was still New York.