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Examples of wingspan in a Sentence
The hawk has a wingspan of about three feet.
a plane with a 200-foot wingspan
Recent Examples of wingspan from the Web
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Bamba’s 7-foot, 10-inch wingspan is the largest measured at the combine since at least 2000.
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One of Scaled’s 15 current projects is building Stratolaunch, a plane with an all-new composite airframe, a 385-foot wingspan, six Boeing 747 engines and two fuselages.
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Stratolaunch Systems is planning to conduct the first flight of the largest airplane in the world by wingspan sometime this summer, as reported by Space News.
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Wade said of Adebayo, who was measued at 6 feet, 10 inches with a 39 1/2 inch vertical leap and a 7-foot, 3-inch wingspan at the NBA Draft Combine.
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Again Nevada, which plays a rotation of players 6-foot-7 or shorter, Bamba’s 6-11 stature and 7-9 wingspan will be of monumental importance.
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Wiseman plopped down his 7-foot frame down and tucked his arms — the ones that boast a 7-foot-4 wingspan — under his chin.
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The 6-foot-10 Angolan with a 7-4 wingspan averaged 10.3 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game as a freshman.
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Thomas is long despite his 6-foot-4 frame (his wingspan stretches past 6-10).
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First Known Use of wingspan
circa 1917
WINGSPAN Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of wingspan for English Language Learners
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: the distance from the tip of one wing of a bird or airplane to the tip of the other wing
WINGSPAN Defined for Kids
Definition of wingspan for Students
: the distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing
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