Sentences with 'inch'
Example sentences and phrases with the word inch and other words derived from it.
• « Victorianism was the culture of top hats, dresses that covered every inch of the female body, rigid gender norms and an almost pathological fear of sexuality. »
• « However, Japanese forces resisted every inch taken by the Americans. It took American forces about two months to take the island of Okinawa, resulting in some 100,000 Japanese and 65,000 American casualties. The prospect of the invasion of Japan itself was therefore extremely daunting. It seemed clear that the United States would ultimately prevail, but with a horrendous loss of life. This ultimately led to the deployment of the most terrible weapons ever invented by the human race: nuclear weapons. »
• « Mrs Thatcher backed up her arguments with facts and figures. John Major countered in kind. The discussion dragged on without either side giving an inch of ground. »