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Example sentences for: pound

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

So large animals have proportionately less surface area, lose heat more slowly, and, pound for pound, need less food.
Let's take a rare glimpse inside the News Quiz Tower (it's not yet killed as many people as that new Condé Nast Building, but next week we start heaving copies of Vogue off the observation deck) and learn what it takes to get a hefty 400-pound hog from the farm to your table to the president's desk where it is signed into law.
The pound's rise, explains the WSJ , stems from Britain's decision to opt out of the coming common European currency, the euro.
100-Pound Answer
He has had a 15-pound (lb) weight gain over the last year and has become more sedentary.