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Example sentences for "about two inches long"

  • Cuttings of the shoots should be made, about two inches long, and inserted in sandy soil.

  • These hardened cuttings, about two inches long, are often made in the winter from forced plants.

  • They will root from any surface of the stem, and should be about two inches long.

  • The fruit is elliptical, about two inches long and a dull yellow.

  • The flowers, about two inches long, are yellow or straw-colored or yellow-brown and are very showy, remaining open all day.

  • The beautiful yellow flowers are very showy, about two inches long, appearing from April to June; the fruit is about two inches long with prominent tubercles.

  • We found that it contained a thin bit of flesh, about two inches long, which, to appearance, had been dried, but was now wet with salt water.

  • The stem is fleshy, solid, short, thick, about two inches long.

  • COAT--This is a very important point; the hair should be about two inches long; that from skull to root of tail a mixture of hardish and soft hair, which gives a sort of crisp feel to the hand.

  • In both colours there is a nice feather, about two inches long, rather lighter in colour than the hair on the fore-part of the leg.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "about two inches long" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    about business; about dark; about eight; about eleven; about equal; about fifteen; about five; about forty; about midnight; about seven; about that; about the same period; about the same size; about then; about twelve; about twice; about two miles from; about what; know her; last summer; mighty hunter; same subject; second death; small nations; through lack; would yield