Sentences with measure up
meas·ure up
M m - It was fatiguing sometimes to try to measure up to her standard of perfection. [VERB PREPOSITION + to]
- It's a passable substitute, but it will never measure up to the original.
- Weights and measures.
- Liquid measure.
- To take the measure of a thing.
- To drink a measure of wine.
- In large measure.
- To live with a measure of enjoyment.
- To know no measure.
- To know no measure.
- The senate passed the new measure.
- To take measures to avert suspicion.
- To measure boundaries.
- To measure out two cups of flour.
- To measure the importance of an issue.
- To measure Corneille against Racine.
- Her sacrifices measure the degree of her love.
- To measure a portion to one's liking.
- To measure one's strength with another's.
- To measure a room with great strides.
- The suffering that they endured was beyond measure.
- In addition to dessert, they served chocolates for good measure.
- During their conversation she was taking his measure as a prospective employee.
- His conclusion is justified in some measure.
- He missed a step in the dark and measured his length at the bottom.
- The producer of the poorly reviewed show decided to measure swords with the critics.