We found 36 examples of how to use span in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 36.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The bridge has a span of 100 meters. | |
| 2. | Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before. | |
| 3. | Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life. | |
| 4. | According to a recent study, the average life span of the Japanese is still increasing. | |
| 5. | What is the average life span in Japan? | |
| 6. | The average life span of the Japanese has lengthened to a great extent. | |
| 7. | There were figures there from those of an age best called girls and boys to those who looked to be old enough to be about to live out their life span. | |
| 8. | The present perfect expresses the long span from past to present. | |
| 9. | My son's short attention span is causing him problems at school. | |
| 10. | I wonder what the normal life span of a cockroach is and if they ever die of old age. | |
| 11. | "You have the attention span of a chicken." "Chickens are delicious." "My point exactly." | |
| 12. | The Russo-Turkish wars span about four centuries of history, conflicts and diplomatic setbacks. | |
| 13. | The life span of a butterfly is short. | |
| 14. | Tom has a short attention span. | |
| 15. | He has a short attention span. | |
| 16. | One of Tom's problems is his short attention span. | |
| 17. | She has a short attention span. | |
| 18. | Keep the bathroom spick-and-span. | |
| 19. | "You have the attention span of a chicken." "Chickens are tasty." "My point exactly." | |
| 20. | This spider can have a leg span of up 6 inches. | |
| 21. | Before pouring cement mixture into forms for a foundation, the work crew securely place an armature of steel bars at a predetermined spacing in order to reinforce the finished building's hardened concrete. If a piece of steel is not long enough to span the required distance, the workers will overlap two pieces and tie them together to form a strong splice. | |
| 22. | His book's onetime ghostwriter now offers a withering critique: "Tom has the attention span and the knowledge base of a hyperactive nine-year-old." | |
| 23. | For centuries, people have been complaining about the short attention span of the current generation. | |
| 24. | I have a short attention span. | |
| 25. | Sami and Layla's dispute span out of control. |