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How to use the word INCHES in a Sentence?

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If they made diving boards six inches shorter, think how much sooner you'd be in the water.

Piet Hein

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11 months ago

The uncertainty lies in how much rainfall will be absorbed by the snowpack before there is significant release of that water into the rivers, it’s likely some of the( precipitation) will simply be absorbed into the many feet of snow at the highest elevations, but lower elevations, generally below 5,000 ft, appear most likely to not have the snowpack necessary to absorb the multiple inches of rainfall expected.

Weather Prediction Center

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There was water damage, but luckily our floors are concrete and easy to clean and sanitize. We keep our equipment 6 inches off the ground and the water was two to four inches high.

Sam DeNicola

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For most areas, we're looking at an inch and a half to two inches of rain to occur in a relatively short time within one to three hours to start causing significant problems once again.

Hal Klingenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We were inches away from planning a funeral for at least one brave, Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer as a bullet lodged in his cap, there are too many guns on our streets and far too many individuals acting recklessly with these deadly weapons.

John McNesby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether the storm organizes or not, a significant flood event is possible across south Florida Keys and Florida Keys, it is too early to say where the heaviest rainfall will be because it isn't even a storm yet, but models are indicating that 12 to 16 inches of rain are possible in the worst areas.

Chad Myers

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Resistant starch is not digested as it travels through the gastrointestinal tract, instead, it is fermented by the beneficial bacteria living in the gut. This fermentation process releases byproducts that improve the body’s insulin response, which help to prevent fat stored around the abdomen. Abdominal fat is highly correlated with diabetes, and a waist circumference larger than 35 inches in women and 40 inches in men is a risk factor for heart disease.

Kara Landau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Instead, it is fermented by the beneficial bacteria living in the gut. This fermentation process releases byproducts that improve the body’s insulin response, which help to prevent fat stored around the abdomen. Abdominal fat is highly correlated with diabetes, and a waist circumference larger than 35 inches in women and 40 inches in men is a risk factor for heart disease.

Kara Landau

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He was attacking the crew and the passengers that were trying to subdue him and really just trying to get into the cockpit and then try to open the plane's door in the emergency sort of latch, he grabbed the plane's exit door. He's a big guy… the air pressure maybe probably makes it almost impossible to open the door, but he actually, like, kind of shifted it a few inches, and that was scary.

Mouaz Moustafa

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Kennedy was last seen wearing a black and white polka dot onesie with pink pants, she is 6lbs. and 17 inches long. She has brown hair and brown eyes.

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This has a potential to be a historic storm, a huge one, we are expecting as much as 18 to 24 inches of snow and 40 to 50 mile per hour winds. This is likely to be an intense, dangerous storm, with heavy snow, high winds and whiteout conditions.

Michelle Wu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As much as eight to 12 inches of snow has fallen in some counties, and significant icing is causing trouble in the central part of the state.

North Carolina

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We have snow every year up here in the mountains and it will be anywhere from 6 to 8 inches, and it’s usually gone pretty fast, what I’m seeing on the forecast is that it’s going to be really cold next week, so the snow may not go away as quickly as normal.

Pam Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They won't release her to Erica. They were supposed to go to court [Friday], and now they're saying they don't know because of the weather and stuff, they had about three inches of snow, but I don't understand why they can't just let [Erica] bring [Riley] home. She needs to be with her family right now —both of themdo.

Cheryl Brown

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Overall we'll see three to four inches with some isolated amounts, 4-6 inches in the higher elevations, and at the very peaks we could see 6-8 inches.

Jeff Orrock

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Some parts of the Olympic peninsula have seen 6 or 7 inches, and even parts of the Cascades have seen 4-6 inches as well.

Maddie Kristell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

November rainfall through Sunday was 6.83 inches. The normal for the entire month is 6.31.

Maddie Kristell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Now you don't want to be a weirdo and start measuring your loved one's neck build at night, the rule of thumb is always going to be a collar size of greater than 17 inches( 43 centimeters) for a male, and greater than 16 inches( 40.6 centimeters) for a female will put you at a higher risk for sleep apnea.

Raj Dasgupta

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Finnley was a little celebrity at the hospital. Nurses and doctors were non-stop talking about him, he is quite tall too at 23.75 inches.

Tim Patonai

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Tropical Storm Nicholas is expected to produce storm total rainfall of 8 to 16 inches, with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches, across portions of the middle and upper Texas coastal areas through the middle of the week.

Hurricane Center

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Across the rest of coastal Texas into southwest Louisiana rainfall of 5 to 10 inches is expected. This rainfall may produce areas of considerable flash and urban flooding, especially in highly urbanized metropolitan areas.

Hurricane Center

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The dust in my house was inches thick. Everybody was covered in it also.

Mariama James

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We’re just building on everything we accomplished in 2020. We came within inches of victory, our effort is a snowball rolling down the hill and we’re growing on a day by day basis.

Esther Joy King

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Really good for 5 inches of rain, they were working on the bunkers when I was there. There's not a whole lot of standing water. I was pleased. I've seen a lot worse.

John Mutch

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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