Explore Wingspans through 5 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Wingspans meaning
plural of wingspan
Using Wingspans
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of wingspan
- In the example corpus, wingspans often appears in combinations such as: -foot wingspans.
Context around Wingspans
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wingspans
- In this selection, "wingspans" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, foot and reaching stand out and add context to how "wingspans" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 6 foot wingspans and fly and 72 foot wingspans with wings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wingspans" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wingspans
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Units included fingers, the distance from thumb to forefinger, palms, cubits and wingspans. (13 words)
Two early Gotha models had 72-foot wingspans, with wings on more widely used G.IV models extending 77 feet. (20 words)
Their wingspans can be over convert. citation Compared to the closely related geese, they are much larger and have proportionally larger feet and necks. citation Adults also have a patch of unfeathered skin between the eyes and bill. (38 words)
The drones reportedly have 6-foot wingspans and fly in grid-like patterns hundreds of feet in the air in groups of six to 10.The FAA says it’s taking the sightings seriously and working to find out who’s operating the devices and why. (46 words)
A new study reveals the ability to walk efficiently on the ground played a crucial role in determining how large the biggest of these flying animals - a cousin of dinosaurs - could grow, with some reaching wingspans of up to 10 metres. (41 words)
Their wingspans can be over convert. citation Compared to the closely related geese, they are much larger and have proportionally larger feet and necks. citation Adults also have a patch of unfeathered skin between the eyes and bill. (38 words)
Example sentences (5)
A new study reveals the ability to walk efficiently on the ground played a crucial role in determining how large the biggest of these flying animals - a cousin of dinosaurs - could grow, with some reaching wingspans of up to 10 metres.
The drones reportedly have 6-foot wingspans and fly in grid-like patterns hundreds of feet in the air in groups of six to 10.The FAA says it’s taking the sightings seriously and working to find out who’s operating the devices and why.
Two early Gotha models had 72-foot wingspans, with wings on more widely used G.IV models extending 77 feet.
Their wingspans can be over convert. citation Compared to the closely related geese, they are much larger and have proportionally larger feet and necks. citation Adults also have a patch of unfeathered skin between the eyes and bill.
Units included fingers, the distance from thumb to forefinger, palms, cubits and wingspans.
Common combinations with wingspans
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- -foot wingspans 2×