Taller
['tɔ:lə(r)] or ['tɔlɚ]
Examples
- I judged him to be about my own age, but he was much taller, and he had a way of spinning himself about that was full of appearance. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- This it is, her not caring about you, which gives her such a soft skin, and makes her so much taller, and produces all these charms and graces! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She is now about Miss Elizabeth Bennet's height, or rather taller. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- You are not striving to look taller than any body else. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I always had an idea that you were at least seven feet high, and was quite astonished at your return from India to find you no taller than myself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He was taller than I and his face was very thin under the shadow of his cap-visor and the scar was new and shiny. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Thus, Bentley Drummle had come to Mr. Pocket when he was a head taller than that gentleman, and half a dozen heads thicker than most gentlemen. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He is taller than the Indian, not so tall as Gilchrist. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is grown up; she will be no taller. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Diana was a great deal taller than I: she put her hand on my shoulder, and, stooping, examined my face. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was about the middle height, but the thinness of his body, and the length of his legs, gave him the appearance of being much taller. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A person five feet tall, standing on the beach at the seaside, is able to see about two and three-quarter miles away, while one a foot taller can see about a quarter of a mile further. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Carmella