forty

Example Sentences

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There was no reason I couldn’t close the laptop for forty minutes.

From Salon

"We're not cutting the trees. We just pick up whatever wood's already on the ground to use for the fire," said Nafisa, a woman in her forties navigating the dry grasslands.

From Barron's

I have forty dollars left over from my vacation spending money.

From Literature

They always parked the Shack & Shop on private property — high ground — at least forty miles from where his father thought he and Tomás would be working.

From Literature

Even though McDaniels is still in his forties, he has been working in the same system long enough that he seems to know instantly how to address any situation.

From The Wall Street Journal