How to Use "span" with Example Sentences

1. And this so-called sea spider has legs that span half a meter .
2. The northern aral 's surface span has grown by 20 percent and fish and bird species are starting to return .
3. Setting up a proper public pension and welfare system will require another 70 % of gdp or more , though over a longer time span .
4. When you pull her away from something she 's deeply involved in , you 're breaking her flow and you 're actually training her to have a shorter attention span .
5. I basically know the answer : temperature is a noisy time series , so if you pick and choose your dates over a short time span you can usually make whatever case you want .