eighty-six
Example Sentences
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The hedge fund that had bought the company had already tried to eighty-six Freds’ rosy sautéed chicken livers over sourdough toast, proving once again that money can’t buy taste.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2021
Doug, at eighty-six, is an example of a healthy man.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2019
Mesut Özil, an ethereal German playmaker for Arsenal, the team that I support, generated eighty-six hundred and twenty-nine.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2019
To match the pace of land loss, the state would have to churn out a hundred and eighty-six acres every nine days.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
“A hundred and eighty-six bucks. Everything I had.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
