How to Use breadth in a Sentence

breadth

noun

• We measured the height, breadth, and depth of each piece of furniture.
• The shift knob is no more than a hand's breadth away from the rim.
  — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
• The breadth of the problem is unclear across the metro area.
  — oregonlive, 29 July 2022
• The breadth and speed of the assault points to deep planning by Hamas.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• With the spike in interest has come a greater breadth of styles.
  — WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
• And the parties are at odds over the breadth of her influence.
  — Mike Lillis, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
• Still a hair’s breadth away from me, his face glowered.
  — Ishion Hutchinson, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2022
• The know-how and breadth of the webtoon platforms is also at a level now.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
• Maybe all the choices overwhelm at first glance, but the beauty is in the breadth.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
• The goal is to give readers a breadth of stories and opinions at a glance.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 May 2024
• The medicines in short supply range all over the breadth of human ailments.
  — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
• To be clear, longer-term measures of breadth are still in decent shape.
  — David Keller, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
• Her breadth and skill as an artist are seldom seen at the high school level.
  — Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
• The water came out in a dribble, with a hair’s-breadth turn of the tap between icy and scalding.
  — Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Given the breadth of their work, nobody will love every one of the acts these four have worked with.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2023
• People pointed and their eyes widened at the breadth of the selection.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• His bosses made good use of the breadth of his expertise.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Because of the storm’s breadth, however, its effects could stretch along a huge swath of the coast.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2023
• Presendieu gets the depth and breadth of Jackson fandom.
  — Christine Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
• But in striving for such breadth, GoT at times struggled with depth.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2022
• Looking at the full breadth of the problem, Marshall doesn't seem to have much good news to offer.
  — Gordon Feller, Ars Technica, 26 July 2022
• At SoFi Stadium, the breadth of the Harbaugh universe will be in view.
  — Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• The breadth of the effort has become clearer in recent weeks.
  — David E. Sanger, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• There was still ground to cover to establish the breadth of a career, though.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 May 2023
• And that somewhere might be collecting data to see the breadth and depth of the problem.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
• Two looks that show the breadth of Kajal Patel’s wedding wear.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
• Scholarly depth and breadth rarely meet on equal terms.
  — Maxwell Carter, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
• The fires that raged across the breadth of Canada in July eclipsed annual fire records.
  — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• The pages of Vogue in 1924 reflect a wide breadth of styles—some of which have had more staying power than others.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 June 2024
• Smithsonian staff members’ reading tastes are just as varied as their work, a reflection of the breadth of their knowledge and interests.
  — Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024