1.   I had passed the terrible test of the measuring rod.

2.   Camporeale plans to take his measuring rod back to Central Park on Friday.

3.   His decent, conservative, Catholic views, which routinely go far beyond the measuring rod of money, illuminate the temper of his times.

4.   It was so vivid I could have counted the trees, walked off the fields with a measuring rod and drawn you a survey map.

5.   --Young people are slaves to measuring rods imposed upon them by unfeeling adults.

6.   Considered the final big test ahead of Salt Lake, these worlds are being used as a measuring rod.