handsbreadth

He moved forward a handsbreadth and stopped, as if he'd hit a wall.

But perhaps only a handsbreadth right or left might serve his purpose.

It was filled with water to within a handsbreadth of the edge.

The roof of the tunnel was a handsbreadth above his head.

But slowly the truth had sunk in: he was still only a handsbreadth greater than nothing.

The shuttle's lower hull was less than a handsbreadth above him.

I hit the floor crouched, a handsbreadth off his right elbow.

In English measurements, the handsbreadth has mostly fallen out of use.

You missed the mark by at least a handsbreadth.

The moon was only a handsbreadth from her setting.

I lay down, only for a moment, to wake much later with the sun a handsbreadth above the eastern mountains.

A spot on the table a handsbreadth in diameter was charred.

Once done, she picked up a roll of bandage more than a handsbreadth wide.

Each wave reached a handsbreadth higher on the beach.

It placed its hooves only a handsbreadth from her bare feet.

In English usage, the palm or handsbreadth is generally taken to be three inches.

The glass of the cabinet door was only a handsbreadth in front of it.

She pulled away her mask and moved her face to within a handsbreadth of his.

He strode toward her and stopped not even a handsbreadth from her.

In the sea, heat radiated from him, perceptible a handsbreadth away.

They were cut from the same cloth, all of them, slender and dark, a handsbreadth shorter at least than the Twins.

Only a handsbreadth apart, they stared directly at each other, trembling from the strength of their emotions.

With a handsbreadth to spare, they were free.

The swordpoint feinted even closer to my eyes, then moved a small handsbreadth away.

Another beam struck the shuttle and glanced off it, missing his head by a handsbreadth or less.