Sentences with phrase «feet at a height»

The storm surge — the quick rise in water caused by a hurricane's strong winds — crested several feet at the height of the storm on the Texas coast.

retweeted by @jbonhotal from @BoilerBall showing Wheeler on his vertical leap (not sure it was from standing position or otherwise) where he is reaching about 12 feet at the height of his jump.

It can cover up to 3.5 x3.5 feet at the height of 24 inches, so it works best for small to medium - sized gardening setups.

Lift your feet at a height of your ankles and begin moving in place.

Not exact matches

The plane left Barcelona Airport at 10:01 a.m., then began descending again shortly after reaching its cruising height of 38,000 feet, Germanwings CEO Thomas Winkelmann told reporters in Cologne.

Start by setting the TRX straps so that the handles and foot cradles are at about calf height.

Blogs marveled at the specs: it houses a 600 - horsepower engine and sports ample ground clearance despite its relatively modest height (just shy of six feet).

The balloons themselves are essentially a network of solar - powered, airborne cell towers floating at a height between 60,000 to 90,000 feet, or roughly twice as high as planes fly.

The material was dispersed up to three meters away — nearly 10 feet — and a closer look at the study by Ars Technica found that about 70 percent of the dispersed material was at the height of a small child's face.

At midspan, the height of the top of the roadway surface is +270.9 feet Mean Lower Low Water, which is the average of the lower low water height of each tidal day observed over the National Tidal Datum Epoch.

At the height of the flood, the water had risen to 6 feet in the house; the cat had hidden in a dry space above a bedroom closet.

At the south abutment of the Bridge, the height of the top of roadway surface is +186.5 feet.

The balloons are designed to float at a height of about 60,000 feet over areas, which has limited or no Internet Service Providers (ISP).

over the last 2000 years the average height has gone from 5 feet to 6 feet (which would have been unthinkable at the time).

On Sunday, October 7, as the United States began at last its air strikes against the Taliban, I was on an airplane, more than twenty thousand feet above the Midwestern plains» that height from which the square - edged farms and checkerboarded fields seem not quite real: a toy land, a counterpane spread across a giant's bed, a fantasy.

Imagine, he suggests, that the two - billion - year history of life on earth is represented by the height of the Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago — a distance of 200 feet.

Or the student sits at the feet of the teacher, who speaks to him from his lofty height.

Beans need to be cooked twice as long at 7,000 feet, and above that height, it's nearly impossible to cook them through without the use of a pressure cooker (which raises the boiling point of water).

Fruit obtusely conical, often four inches in length, and nearly three inches in diameter, — brilliant glossy scarlet at maturity; stem strong and sturdy, two feet or more in height; leaves large, but narrower than those of the Large Bell; flowers white, and of large size, usually an inch and a half in diameter; fruit sometimes erect, but generally drooping.

Plant two feet or upwards in height, more erect and less branched than other varieties, and much stained with purple at the intersection of the branches and at the insertion of the leaf - stems; leaves of medium size, or small, long, and sharply pointed; leaf - stems long, deep - green; flowers white, tipped with purple, about three - fourths of an inch in diameter; flower - stems long, purple.

Jourdan Lewis, who put up 15 reps at 225 - pounds at the NFL Combine, talked with media about his height (5 - foot - 11)...

Oh, great — losing your lead and almost a foot of height at the same time!

But I reckon that the accusation laid at the feet of the current Arsenal team by the man who used to be our main adversary due to his running battle with our former captain Patrick Vieira has taken the anti-Arsenal to a whole new, and bizarre, height.

«We lose on height, but gain on speed,» said Chelini, who is the second - tallest player on the roster at 5 - foot - 10.

Alexis has shown to go missing at times during games because although he is feisty and has strength to either drive forward with the ball at his feet, or to battle amongst his opponents, in terms of height he can often get pushed out of the game playing as a centre forward, much in the way that Walcott did when he had a go up front.

Hmmm I wouldn't call that a sitter that was driven across at shin height that's kind of awkward to get a foot or shin on

The six - foot, one - inch navigator of the so - called «tabletop» putting method also shed light on how she came up with the unconventional stroke at the 2011 season - ending CME Group Titleholders after watching a golfer of lesser height on the greens.

Roger Federer stands at 6» 1», above the average height for a male, but obviously is dwarfed standing next to the 7 - foot - 6 Yao Ming.

But at VCU Shaka made his 7 figure bones on «havoc» — up tempo 84 foot effort - but we seem to be more based on «plodder» — not sure if he hasn't been able to get the right type of athlete or maybe he is just trying to get the most out of his height which does seem to be strength

Luiz is a dirty player and I don't think he much cares about his opponents, he will raise his foot and kick you in the head even though common says he needed to let the ball drop down rather than flying through the air at head height, he would have also been aware that going in over the top of the ball with studs showing was a dangerous tatic and was likely to hurt the opponent.

That was the same height he cleared at state last season — under wet conditions — and he'll likely need to approach 7 - feet to win it this season.

All of which led to Brodeur's formulation of the basic problem: «What happens when a man serves a two - ounce ball 100 mph from a height of nine feet at an 11 - degree angle with a force of 60 pounds?»

A variety of stances should be included, as well as variations in height (low stance feet apart, half kneeling, etc.), initial hand and arm positions (arms overhead, at side, etc.) and various other aspects of the initial stances.

«I wanted to simplify his world by putting him at corner and use his (6 - foot - 2) height,» Macy explained.

An industrious left - footed midfielder who was surprisingly strong in the air given his height, he was a popular figure at Anfield, earning his own song to the tune of «You are my Sunshine».

At 1.87 cm (6 ft 2) in height and 80 kg in weight it is no shock to hear former team - mate and Triplete hero Julio Cesar describe him as «a tough, solid and reliable defender», but more than for his imposing physique Lopez, right - footed, is said to impress for his versatility and positional sense.

Johnny Football dunking a basketball, at a listed height of 6 - foot - 1 that may prove to be a tad generous at the N...

Given their combined height of 12 - foot - eight - and - a-half, Vestergaard and Christensen tower over most opponents, while at 19 Elvedi is the prospect of the group.

The height of the walls has now been capped at 22 feet.

This may be as close as I can find to my girls» townhouse doll house, but at nearly 4 feet in height it is not exactly portable.

Current zoning regulations allow a maximum height of 55 feet for a structure at that location.

And many baby giraffes are 6 feet tall at birth, the same height as some adults.

My son is about 4 feet tall, so he's not really too short to sit on a chair without anything on top — and yes, he's 8 years old — but the extra height helps, and he likes the slightly squishy seat more than the wooden chairs we have at the table.

Carly's feet touched the ground to provide stability and the table was at «sternum height» so her elbows easily rested by her food.

I am so not a fan of heights and the fact that it is 420 feet and it MOVES when on it, I was clinging for dear life at certain times.

Strollers that have an adjustable foot rest let your child enjoy a comfortable ride at any height

Additional features that help this electric scooter stand out from the crowd include; adjustable handlebars for comfort at any height, long and comfortable foot deck, safe - start throttle, universal mount for your favorite gadgets, anti-jerking accelerator, speed limiter (top speed can be set to 7 or 12 mph), regenerative braking and a LED that displays speed, range, trip distance, battery level and charge cycles.

A pool fence of at least 4 feet in height should run the full diameter of the pool, with no furniture nearby to use to scale it.

A happy mommy said in her review that the handles are a perfect height for her 6 - foot tall husband as well as for herself at 5» 4».

Three height adjustments keep little feet at the ideal height.