Example sentences for: one-eighth

How can you use “one-eighth” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These slits should be about one-eighth of an inch cut into the three-eighth-inch sewing margin around the pattern.

  • A partially successful cloning attempt by Dr. Evil's henchman, Number 2 (Robert Wagner), has produced a true heir: a one-eighth Dr. Evil replica (Verne J. Troyer) dubbed "Mini-Me" who's like a distillation of the archvillain's most feral impulses.

  • Another brief summary emphasizes that Shanghai (a k a the New York of China) is the country's biggest manufacturing base, responsible for one-eighth of China's total annual industrial output.

  • They tried more than a half-dozen restaurants and pizza parlors and found them variously full, out of food, closed for lack of water for washing up, and charging one-eighth of a month's salary for a single pizza.

  • If General Motors knew that one-tenth of its sales and one-eighth of its profits came from two companies, you can bet GM would be constantly worried about keeping those two companies happy.


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