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Meanings of sizing in English
Substance applied to, or incorporated into, other materials — especially papers and textiles — to act as a protective filler or glaze.
Usage of sizing in English
1
Silently sizing up the situation, David knew the captain was not bluffing.
2
Brash and confident, Bachman swaggers into their home, sizing up the place.
3
Climbing shoes and sizing is def important to climbing hard in general.
4
She took a quick tour of the offices, sizing up her resources.
5
Rita's crimson Jacket advanced one step at a time, sizing me up.
6
I think you have made a mistake in sizing up this crowd.
7
She stared long at Spencer, as if she were sizing her up.
8
The stranger looked at me as if he was sizing me up.
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She stared at him, sizing him up, and then looked haughtily away.
10
So, the creature was sizing up people as they parked their vehicles.
11
We were sizing him up by such fellows as Phil and me.
12
The fox-poised-waswatchinghim, sizing him up, but he did not run.
13
When they are done sizing us up, we'll be ready for them.
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She narrowed her grass-green eyes at me, sizing up my very soul.
15
The company is still looking into all sizing technology, he said.
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Conclusions: This study documents that prosthetic heart valve sizing and labeling inconsistencies exist.
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Translations for sizing
Russian
Portuguese
Spanish
Catalan
Sizing through the time
Sizing across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common