How to Use measuring tape in a Sentence

measuring tape

noun
  • Get a measuring tape and mark the distance with tape or a piece of chalk.
    Leah Groth, Health, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Bust: Wrap the measuring tape around the fullest part of your bust across your shoulder blades in the back.
    Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
  • Time to throw away those eye drops and get out the measuring tape, perhaps?
    Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Bra band: Run the measuring tape all the way around your back where your band sits, keeping the tape level.
    Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 26 July 2023
  • With this in mind, Varney says to have measuring tape handy.
    Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
  • Throw in chalk, a measuring tape, a thimble, and some color pins.
    Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Think Cliff Clavin with a measuring tape and a pencil behind one ear.
    Joan Herlong, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Keep a measuring tape on hand to ensure that your 'pack is big enough to hold your textbooks and laptop.
    Kelsey Stiegman, seventeen.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Use a measuring tape in order to measure your laptop from the bottom left edge to the top right edge of the screen to confirm its size.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Take the same measuring tape with your bra on and measure around the fullest part of your bust and your back, keeping the measuring tape parallel to the floor.
    Esmé Epstein, Health, 16 June 2023
  • Take the same measuring tape with your bra on and measure around the fullest part of your bust and your back, keeping the measuring tape parallel to the floor.
    Esmé Epstein, Health, 16 June 2023
  • Measure the width of the wallpaper piece with the measuring tape and draw a corresponding pencil line on the wall with the straightedge.
    Emma Phelps, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Measure around your torso from right underneath the bust, so that the measuring tape is parallel to the floor.
    Esmé Epstein, Health, 16 June 2023
  • Before investing in a pendant light, put your measuring tape to work.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Then the family took out a measuring tape and marked off a plot of three meters by three meters, taping it off to indicate to others that the spot was taken.
    Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Start by measuring the dimensions of the location with a measuring tape.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2023
  • Repeat across jute length, using a measuring tape, if desired, to evenly space ticket strips.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2023
  • Eastern Tech’s Sydney Weaver made sure someone needed a measuring tape.
    Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Pro tip: The trick to finding the comfortable jeans for tall women involves doing the work—using measuring tape to find your waist size and, importantly, your inseam (the distance between your crotch and the end of the pants leg).
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 9 Apr. 2024
  • To build a treehouse from just wood, Richter recommends having a cordless drill, handheld circular saw, hammer, measuring tape and pencil on hand.
    Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • In addition to the sewing machine, the purchase also includes a 42-piece accessory set that has bobbins, needles, a needle threader, and a measuring tape.
    Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Smith’s potential world record throw actually sailed about six feet above the basket that held the firefighters, but the record only counts for what is measured, and the measuring tape only extended to 74 feet, 10 inches.
    cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
  • To measure your waist circumference, wrap a measuring tape around your natural waistline—the narrowest point of your torso.
    Lindsay Modglin, Verywell Health, 28 June 2023
  • After a sketch involving all of the correspondents (and Trevor Noah, brandishing measuring tape to figure out his tweaks to the set), during a commercial break, Stewart, tears in his eyes, handed out hugs.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The multi-tool has 16 functions in one little gadget, including a bottle opener, can opener, bit driver, mini measuring tape, and more.
    Molly Allen, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • First, gather all necessary materials, like measuring tape or an electronic measuring tool, a level, a pencil, and a sturdy stepladder.
    Katy Spratte Joyce, ELLE Decor, 5 Sep. 2023

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