How to Use wingspan in a Sentence

wingspan

noun

• The hawk has a wingspan of about three feet.
• The marabou stark has the largest wingspan for land birds.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
• Brown has the bulk and wingspan to be a scoring threat in the paint.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 31 May 2023
• With a wingspan of up to 6 feet, the Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the world’s largest owls.
  — Dalia Faheid, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
• The pekapeka roosts in trees and has a wingspan roughly the size of a hand.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
• The snowy's wingspan ties the great gray owl with the largest of North American owls.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
• The aircraft is large at 71 feet, with a wingspan of 50 feet.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Apr. 2022
• The chimney swift has a 5-inch-long body and a 12-inch wingspan and weighs less than an ounce.
  — Linda Girardi, chicagotribune.com, 21 Sep. 2021
• The birds weigh about as much as three nickels and have 8-inch wingspans.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
• As soon as Anunoby got the ball, Green ran over and used his 7-1 wingspan to force a miss at the rim.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2021
• Swans are the largest waterfowl, can weigh up to 33 pounds and have a wingspan of 10 feet.
  — Bob Hallinen, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2021
• One of the largest raptors in the world, the Steller’s sea eagle can weigh up to 20 pounds and have a wingspan of up to eight feet.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2021
• Giant manta rays are the world's largest rays and can grow to a wingspan of up to 29 feet.
  — David Williams, CNN, 17 Mar. 2021
• The birds, which grow to about 2 feet from the tip of their tail to the top of their head, can have a wingspan up to 6 feet, Brumfield said.
  — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
• But the largest, Quetzalcoatlus, had a bus-sized wingspan of 37 to 40 feet.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023
• The vehicle is 28 feet long and has a wingspan of just over 11 feet.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• Not overly long but owns a plus wingspan and some space to add mass.
  — oregonlive, 7 Oct. 2021
• Steller's sea eagles are some of the largest raptors in the world and can weigh up to 20 pounds with an 8-foot wingspan, the post said.
  — David Williams, CNN, 23 Dec. 2021
• This sea eagle is one of the largest raptors in the world, weighing up to 20 pounds with a wingspan of up to 8 feet!
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2022
• Typhoons have a 36ft (11m) wingspan, about the same size as the length of a double decker bus.
  — Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• The 6-foot-3 Bridges, who has a 7-foot-2 wingspan, has the length to matchup with any outside receiver.
  — James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
• Built in Seattle, the floats were made of mahogany, and the wingspan measured 43 feet and 10 inches.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2022
• The birds can have wingspans of up to 8 feet and generally weigh 8 to 14 pounds.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• How about a giant moth with a wingspan that can reach up to 10 inches?
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 19 Aug. 2022
• Lego’s version of the jet measures nearly three-and-a-half feet in length and has a wingspan of one-and-a-half feet.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2023
• About the Eurasian eagle-owl With a wingspan of up to 6 feet (1.8 meters), the Eurasian eagle-owl is one of the world’s largest owls.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• The body of an average condor can measure up to 4.5 feet tall and the wingspan up to 10 feet wide.
  — Fox News, 19 July 2022
• The birds have a 9-foot wingspan – larger than brown pelicans found near the ocean.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
• Snoop teased Phelps, who said that his secret to being a great swimmer has to do with his wingspan and lung power.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
• Phelps explained that Olympic-level success in the pool requires wingspan and lung power.
  — Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024