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Example sentences from the Web for calibreHe added that it exposed the calibre of forces that Nato was able deploy. Taliban: Harry Comparing War to Xbox Demeans Him|Tom Sykes|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Romney did not deliver last night the calibre performance he displayed during the first debate. How Can Romney Recover?|David Frum|October 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST The encroachment on the calibre of the tube may be quite slight, or may be so great as to amount to almost complete occlusion. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various Wallie reached under his pillow and produced a pearl-handled revolver of 32 calibre. The Dude Wrangler|Caroline Lockhart
He had to go on; there was no other way, at least none that an animal of his calibre could think of. Following the Equator, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) He employed in large numbers rifle grenades and trench-mortars of every calibre with astonishing accuracy. The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918|Frederick William Bewsher Always impecunious, he yet lived, like all men of his calibre, plunged in unspeakable indolence. The Magic Skin|Honore de Balzac
nounthe diameter of a cylindrical body, esp the internal diameter of a tube or the bore of a firearm the diameter of a shell or bullet ability; distinctiona musician of high calibre personal charactera man of high calibre Derived forms of calibrecalibred or US calibered, adjectiveWord Origin for calibreC16: from Old French, from Italian calibro, from Arabic qālib shoemaker's last, mould Words nearby calibreCalhoun, John C., Cali, Caliban, caliber, calibrate, calibre, caliceal, calicectasis, calicectomy, calices, caliche Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |