6 example sentences using span.
Span used in a sentence
Span in a sentence as a noun
In 2012 it was less than 30% white, and 42% Hispanic.
In a span of a few blocks a person could eat for free 5 or 6 times a day.
If they could pick all this low-hanging fruit in such a short span of time then surely in X years we'd be at point Y!
Span in a sentence as a verb
In this case largely immigrant workers from Hispanic countries.
It might hard to make a decent visualization, though, because of the huge span, plus a high degree of multiple inheritance.
I worked on several commercial digital music projects in the time span between early napster and entrenched itunes.
Span definitions
the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
the distance or interval between two points
two items of the same kind
a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches)
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
See also: bridge
the act of sitting or standing astride
See also: straddle