5 sentences with 'counting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word counting and other words derived from it.
• « You can tell how close the storm is by counting the seconds between the lightning, which is seen instantaneously, and the thunder, which travels at the speed of sound (300 meters per second at 0 degrees C., and 340 at 15°). Divide the number of seconds by three to get the distance in kilometers, or multiply by 340 to get the distance in meters. »
• « 10,000 people could live in the palace, counting its additional buildings, as Louis XIV eventually had 2,000 rooms built both in the palace and in the town flats, all furnished at state expense. »
• « In addition to the total murder, thousands more were imprisoned in labour camps known as gulags, almost all of them located in the cold northern regions of Siberia. The total number of victims is conservatively estimated at 700,000, not counting the hundreds of thousands deported to the gulags. »
• « When Lori noticed that her daughter looked longingly at other children using scissors or counting on her fingers, she went to the doctors and told them she thought it was time for surgery. It took four operations to separate her fingers. »
• « Suffice it to say that in the United States alone there are almost six million drug addicts, not counting those dependent on barbiturates and amphetamines, among other legal substances. »