How to Use thickness in a Sentence

thickness

noun
  • I added flour to increase the gravy's thickness.
  • I was surprised by the thickness of his accent.
  • Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the steak.
  • The plank measures two inches in thickness.
  • Plywood is available in various thicknesses.
  • Nice, the right amount of thickness, and the perfect fit!!
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The next day, roll the dough on a floured board to 1/8 inch thickness.
    — Eva Syrovy, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
  • If the coil gauge (aka the thickness) is the same, the more coils, the more supportive.
    — Grace Wu, Good Housekeeping, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Roll out half of the dough to about ¼-inch thickness and the size of a casserole dish.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Make sure the puree is an even thickness and not domed in the center.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The walls were to be two-and-a-half bricks in thickness up to the first floor, which was three feet off the ground.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Leave a small gap between the tack strips and the wall, about two-thirds the thickness of the carpet.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2024
  • Roll out the cookie dough to 1/4- to 1/2-inch thickness.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2021
  • With a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound the pork pieces to a thickness of 3/8-inch.
    — Jessica Battilana, SFChronicle.com, 23 Oct. 2020
  • And the length of the gate was the thickness of the graphene sheet—a single carbon atom, or 0.34 nanometers.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Of course, this might vary with your oven (mine's old) and thickness of your bread slices.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 28 May 2021
  • That is less than the thickness of most people's hair strands.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2025
  • This is the ideal thickness for pie crust, so use a ruler.
    — Robin Miller, USA TODAY, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The flannel is soft and gives a very plush feel on both sides of the sheet, which has a nice thickness to it.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2022
  • After milling the butcher block pieces to the same width and thickness, cut them 1⁄2 in.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2021
  • Turn the dough onto the floured surface and roll it out with a floured rolling pin to a ½-inch thickness.
    — Katie Workman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • It’s not so much the thickness of the material as the cut.
    — Megan Molteni, Wired, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Pound the pork to ¼-inch thickness, using the meat mallet.
    — CNN, 7 Mar. 2022
  • The green wire is a good thickness too, so they're not cheaply made.
    — Ariel Scotti, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The blade is a clip-shape blade and features a thickness of .175 inches.
    — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
  • There are also slight revisions to the font and the thickness of the lines in the wing design.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
  • Extensions were used to add length and thickness to the braids.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Vary the layer’s thickness by the size of the container.
    — Jennifer Nalewicki, Popular Mechanics, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Depending on the thickness of the steel chosen, the edging can last from 20 to 25 years.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 June 2025
  • Click on the round brush head, and the tool transforms into a hair dryer brush that’s ideal for all hair lengths and thicknesses.
    — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 12 June 2025

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