Sentence examples of "wider" in English

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Translations: all16 breit13 weit3
They don't realize that they're being used as pawns to obtain a wider political objective. Sie merken nicht, dass man sie als Bauernopfer zur Erreichung eines weiter gefassten politischen Ziels benutzt.
How wide is this river? Wie breit ist dieser Fluss?
He opened his mouth wide. Er machte seinen Mund weit auf.
She swam across the wide river. Sie durchschwamm den breiten Fluss.
His reading is of a wide range. Seine Lektüre umspannt ein weites Gebiet.
My living room has wide windows. Mein Wohnzimmer hat breite Fenster.
I don't have wide hips. Ich habe keine breiten Hüften.
The valley was twenty miles wide. Das Tal war zwanzig Meilen breit.
The Mississippi River is deep and wide. Der Mississippi ist tief und breit.
We offer a wide range of services Wir bieten Ihnen eine breite Servicepalette an
Life is not long, it is wide! Das Leben ist nicht lang, es ist breit!
Cut the quartered Chinese cabbage into wide strips. Schneide den geviertelten Chinakohl in breite Streifen.
The dam blocking the river is very wide. Der Damm, der den Fluss staut, ist sehr breit.
The sofa is wide enough for four people to sit on. Das Sofa ist breit genug, dass vier Leute darauf sitzen können.
For a short period of time, wide neckties were in style. Eine kurze Zeit lang waren breite Krawatten in Mode.
The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him. Der mystische Krake, der so dick wie ein Schiff und dreimal so breit war, griff einmal die Flotte von Christoph Kolumbus an... und hat Kolumbus keine andere Wahl gelassen, als ihn zu essen.
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