A counterpane should be wide enough to cover the sheets and blankets at the sides when the bed is open, and long enough to protect the bedding at the top and bottom.
When used, a rubber sheet should be 1 yard wide or wide enough to reach from the lower edge of the pillows down to the patient's knees, and long enough so that it can be tucked in securely on both sides of the bed.
Draw sheets should be wide enough to extend about four inches beyond the rubber sheet at the top and bottom.
It should be wide enough to slip on easily, but not so wide that it wrinkles or allows the pillow to turn.
This should be, "The mouth of the river is 12 fathoms deep and it is wide enough," etc.
Both are very narrow, and within it is wide enough for a hundred ships, if there was depth and a clean bottom, and the entrance was deep enough.
The mouth of the river was 12 brazas across, and it is wide enough for a vessel to beat in.
If the injection cocks are not open wide enough, the condenser will get hot and impair the vacuum, while if opened too wide, the water in the hot well will be cold and the boiler feed will be cold.
Spring set consists of bending the teeth sideways so as to cause the saw to cut a passageway or kerf, as it is termed, wide enough to permit the saw to pass through the timber without rubbing on its sides.
If the cleat is wide enough, do not put the screws in a straight line, but "alternate" them (Fig.
A piece of wood, 2 inches long, wide enough to fill the space between the rear edge of the clock and the hammer slot, and 1/2 inch thick, has its under side hollowed out to the curvature of the clock barrel.
The back end of the valve must be wide enough to just more than cover the steam port.
The button under the head of the lever should not be wide enough to bridge the space between any two contacts.
Every carriage-road ought to be wide enough at nearly all points to allow two vehicles to pass each other in safety.
All important highways should be wide enough to admit of footpaths five or six feet wide on each side, and of a macadamized or travelled way commensurate to the public traffic thereon.
They should be wide enough to admit of foot-paths at their sides.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wide enough" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
