How To Use Handbreadth In A Sentence
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Men are asked to refrain from reading the Shema in the presence of a woman who has a single handbreadth exposed.
Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature.
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Although there were several doors, if one opened them one only found oneself standing in front of a dark, smooth rock-face, scarcely a handbreadth beyond the threshold and extending vertically upwards and horizontally on both sides, seemingly without any end.
Kafka and the Coincidence of Opposites
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It was a breathtaking display of skill, his chariot wheel missing the pole by no more than a handbreadth.
Shield of Thunder
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She replied, “[...] [During intercourse] he uncovers a handbreadth and covers a handbreadth, and it is as though he was urged on by a demon.”
Modesty and Sexuality in Halakhic Literature.
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The youngster seemed to have grown a handbreadth since she had seen him last.
Shield of Thunder
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Beyond my argument of precision, another person left a comment on the post giving the calculation that shows that even if one takes the measurements given as being more precise than their stated precision, one comes out with a correct and very precise result if one takes into account the handbreadth thickness of the bath.
Waldo Jaquith - Pi is exactly three!
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She stood up in the handbreadth of dryness under the rustic porch.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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She followed him into the scullery, and combed her hair before the handbreadth of mirror by the back door.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about.
Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
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They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.