How to Use spacing in a Sentence

spacing

noun
  • The spacing between characters should be even.
  • On the other hand... what in the world is the spacing on this?
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Give the new plants good spacing to slow spread of the virus.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The spacing isn't ideal when the two big men share the floor.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 9 Nov. 2021
  • But the shots simply did not fall, and some of the spacing was lost.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The spacing for the Sixers has been good to start the preseason.
    Ky Carlin, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Choose your length and spacing of the balls for this felt garland.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Rispoli kept the spacing tight and, when the hole opened up for Cathkin Peak, there wasn’t enough stretch left.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The spacing between each tooth will tell you what kind of hair the comb is best for.
    Tatjana Freund, Marie Claire, 29 Dec. 2020
  • Once the seeds come up, be sure to thin the seedlings to the appropriate spacing.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Many of them came with no spacing on the floor, with Trent Forrest out there.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2021
  • Try to keep the spacing even — and feel free to erase where necessary.
    Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Before that the order was not always the same and the spacing was as short as a week at times.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • Nesmith is one of the best shooters in the draft, and the Spurs could use some valuable floor spacing.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The better the spacing, the less Booker, Durant and Beal are playing in a crowd, which tends to lead to turnovers.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Though for a high lottery pick, expert spacing isn't the end goal.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Over the last three years, as Love has spent most of his time on the sidelines, the Cavs have lamented a lack of 3-point threats and floor-spacing.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2021
  • This number will also be the spacing for the window panes.
    Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 13 July 2021
  • The spacing of the tracks suggests the person was traveling around 3.8 miles an hour.
    Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The second unit lacks shooting, and Hayes needs maximum spacing to be able to find lanes to the rim.
    Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2022
  • For instance, the alignment and spacing of teeth can impact speech and the way that someone breathes at night.
    Michael Carroll, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Ali should help with spacing and has the handles to provide playmaking in the half court.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Most, or all, of those mistakes were unforced — not the product of poor spacing.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The wealthy will be able to control the timing and spacing of their children, and those who are poor and working class will not.
    Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 1 July 2022
  • Presumably, the change was made to provide more spacing in the offense.
    Rahat Huq, Chron, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But the jaw stood out because of the shape and size of the teeth, the spacing between them and the shape of the flange (the part of the chin that stuck down to protect the animal’s canine teeth).
    Raegan Scharfetter, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2022
  • In all instances, at least three feet of spacing is required.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2021
  • Those who support a schedule change have noted that the current spacing of the races dates only to the late 1960s.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Just our spacing was a little jacked up, but that’s on me to get that organized.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
  • There should be about 18 feet of space between trees on a flat slope, and the spacing should increase with slope because steeper terrain drives faster, more intense fires.
    Bryce Young Christopher Moran, WIRED, 20 July 2024

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