How to Use girth in a Sentence

girth

noun

• The tree is about two meters in girth.
• But our yeti needs some girth and needs heft.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
• Volstagg is a huge man with a huge appetite and the girth to prove it.
  — Michael Sangiacomo, cleveland.com, 27 June 2017
• The beast was 55 inches long with a 41-inch girth.
  — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• There was no shifting him as the girth of his rear was clearly too wide for the child-sized swing.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 29 May 2018
• Beard was large in frame and girth, and his appetites were equally outsize.
  — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2020
• For a custom fit, try a jacket that bases sizes on the dog’s girth and comes with adjustable straps.
  — Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
• All of this expanded the girth of the trunk, allowing for a taller tree.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2017
• The handle provides just enough width and girth to ensure a solid grip but isn’t bulky.
  — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• But the rounded hump and more advanced and tactile scroll wheel are worth the extra girth.
  — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026
• The massive bears both are both using their girth to take over the river’s best fishing spots.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Oct. 2019
• This flathead was 61 inches long with a 43-inch girth.
  — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
• New xylem grow in rings at the periphery of the trunk just behind the bark, adding girth so the tree can get taller.
  — Dennis Normile, Science | AAAS, 23 Oct. 2017
• The foot has length, width, instep girth, arch height, and metatarsal toe bar measurements, to cite just a few.
  — Greg Tunney, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
• The wrasse measured 18 inches from nose to tail and had a 13-inch girth.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 27 Sep. 2023
• The cells should have been small orbs, but some were behemoths about 25 times the normal girth.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 29 Mar. 2021
• The Sixers need someone of his size and girth at the power forward spot.
  — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• The largest tree felled by the storm's force had more than 60 inches in girth, Winters said.
  — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 19 June 2019
• The ring’s just-over-one-inch girth offers a snug but stretchy fit for most, though those on the thicker side may want to size up.
  — Gabrielle Kassel, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
• The pipeline failure occurred at a girth weld, a point that adjoins two pipes, the agency said.
  — Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Mar. 2023
• The fish measured 34 inches long and had a girth of 25 inches.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2021
• The fish was 32 inches long and had a eye-popping girth of 21 inches.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2018
• But hyaluronic acid has also been studied for girth enhancement too.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 6 Feb. 2026
• The extra girth is most noticeable in the main living area, which centers around a combined kitchen and lounge.
  — New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2026
• Or the body length of a tight end, or the considerable girth of a behemoth linemen in the trenches.
  — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• The Saghatelyans no longer use this forlorn family heirloom, the girth of which exceeds the width of the door’s frame.
  — Karine Vann, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
• The monster measured 59 inches long and sported a 32-inch girth.
  — Steven Hill, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• Some may also find the sheer size of the Tahoe to be intimidating and its girth can be hard to park in crowded lots.
  — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• Still, the sheer size of this Hummer EV dwarfs the rest of these vehicles, not much in length, but in girth.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2020
• For a creature that’s only the girth of a fingernail, the damage that quagga mussels wreak is outsize.
  — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026