Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The span or reach of one's arm; an arm's-length.
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Examples
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She cruised around our apartment, obviously steady on her feet, for months, keeping one small hand on the couch or a table or a chair, using a push-walker to cover distances that exceeded her arm-span.
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She cruised around our apartment, obviously steady on her feet, for months, keeping one small hand on the couch or a table or a chair, using a push-walker to cover distances that exceeded her arm-span.
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She cruised around our apartment, obviously steady on her feet, for months, keeping one small hand on the couch or a table or a chair, using a push-walker to cover distances that exceeded her arm-span.
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She cruised around our apartment, obviously steady on her feet, for months, keeping one small hand on the couch or a table or a chair, using a push-walker to cover distances that exceeded her arm-span.
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The last fragment of moon rind, a wicked luminescent trapezoid, convex, wide as a man's arm-span, sharp at the edges as a flint spearhead, we wrapped in a blanket and pulled down.
What We Had To Do Sterling McKennedy 2011
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Remember, we're going to spread out an arm-span apart from one another.
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With walls at least twenty feet apart, that meant an arm-span of fifteen feet, maybe more.
Enchantment Card, Orson Scott 1999
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Wickert's arm-span and reach always have been strengths.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Wickert's arm-span and reach always have been strengths.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Wickert's arm-span and reach always have been strengths.
JSOnline.com 2010
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