Spans

Butterflies have short life spans.

Young children have short attention spans.

The history of the Byzantine Empire spans 1058 years.

Young children usually have short attention spans.

People nowadays have short attention spans.

Young people nowadays have very short attention spans.

His research spans a wide range of fields.

The Chesapeake watershed spans 64,000 squares miles, covering parts of six states—Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Over 17 million people live in this area.

A bridge further north spans the river.

A millennium spans a period of ten centuries.