How to Use the height of in a Sentence

the height of

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  • Raise the height of your mower if the grass is still growing.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This is the height of personal hubris.
    William J Watkins Jr, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The general rule is the hole should be three times the height of the bulb.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • But amid the height of his fame, their marital bliss wouldn't last.
    Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Berry spent twenty months in prison at what should have been the height of his career.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • And this was from the height of our lift, which is less than 10 meters up.
    IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
  • That is nearly quadruple the height of a standard mega ramp.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • For a while after the height of the pandemic, the cart got less mileage.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Note that the thickness of the topper will add to the height of your mattress.
    Grace Wu, goodhousekeeping.com, 9 June 2023
  • The rule of thumb when planting bulbs is to place them at a depth that is three times the height of the bulb.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Increase the height of the step or hold dumbbells once the movement feels easy.
    Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 29 July 2026
  • So, take a deep breath and use sharp, clean garden pruners to remove about one-third of the height of the plant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 July 2026
  • But things get a little more complicated with the height of the zone.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Injuries peaked again during the height of holiday sales at the end of the year.
    Caroline O'Donovan, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Hang large bedroom decor, such as a tapestry to accent the height of the room.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For some Southerners, this dish is the height of comfort food.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2026
  • To believe that such a world can never return would seem to be the height of utopianism.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Her shoes mixed a pointed oxford shape with the height of a pump and the silhouette of a mule.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • His highlight against the game’s greatest signified his rise to the height of the game.
    Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But few nicknames reach the height of the headless chicken monster.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
  • Goulds had a rather precise vision for the height of the rooms and how art might be moved in and around the building.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Growing to about the height of an adult human, it’s known for its crown of fuzzy leaves that siphon moisture from fog.
    Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2024
  • And to put out into the world the absurd notion that the brothers were lovers is the height of pure evil.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In other words, about the height of a 45-story building.
    Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The stock lost about a third of its value last year, the worst return since the height of the pandemic.
    Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That means these tiny hatchlings will grow to roughly the height of a young child in a remarkably short time.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026
  • As of Now is the height of Jah-Monte’s ability.
    Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Travel is discouraged during the height of the storm.
    Albert Ramon, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • But many people chose to move their activities to hours outside of the height of the day.
    Emily Kask, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The lamp is designed with a metal base and adjustable light pole to modify the height of the light.
    Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025

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