RADIUS in a Sentence

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Example sentences for RADIUS, such as:

1. Within a radius of five miles there are, as you see, only a very few scattered dwellings.
2. It was then very dark, and the scattered lamps made the darkness greater when we were once outside their individual radius.
3. For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, after all.

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 Meanings and Examples of RADIUS
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radius
 n.  right line drawn or extending from the center of a circle to the periphery
Classic Sentence:
1  Beside Fairway's dwelling was an open space recessed from the road, and here were now collected all the young people from within a radius of a couple of miles.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 1 The Inevitable Movement Onward
2  For that matter, Reading, and possibly other large towns, were within that radius, so the place might not be so secluded, after all.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
3  Within a radius of five miles there are, as you see, only a very few scattered dwellings.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Problem
4  I have also examined every stable and out-house in Tavistock, and for a radius of ten miles.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze
5  Kennicott was forty-two now; the only youngish doctor left in a radius of eighteen miles.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
6  It was then very dark, and the scattered lamps made the darkness greater when we were once outside their individual radius.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
Example Sentence:
1  The police searched all the woods within a six-mile radius.
2  Nigel has searched for work in a ten-mile radius around his home.