"length" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- She started odds-on favourite and recorded a three and a half length win without being asked for a serious effort ("hard held").
- With a half length, Jessica gave in.
- Sydney put all its weight into its stroke and led by a half length at the 1,000 metres mark.
- He led by a half length rounding the clubhouse turn and then drew clear down the backstretch by two lengths.
- That left Persian Lady, with a half length to find, as they hurtled toward the wire.
- Halfway back she pulled even and moved a half length ahead.
- She maintained her lead of a half length around both turns a bit off the rail.
- Men glanced nervously at the twinkling line, hovering a half length off the bare ground, as it paralleled their progress.
- He broke slowly in seventh but jumped out to the lead within a few strides, and led going into the turn by a half length.
- "They had us by a half length at 500," said Mark Redding.
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