Example Sentences

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As she switched into fifteens from sevens, her lack of power and confidence in contact was exposed.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

When he threw parties for his three daughters—sweet fifteens, then engagements—social columnists came to write about the movers and shakers in attendance.

From Slate • Jul. 14, 2016

The rise of sevens can have a knock-on effect, particularly in China where funding for fifteens has suffered.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2013

Average lease length is seven years, but there are a lot of fives and fifteens.

From New York Times • Oct. 2, 2012

Lina was a couple of years older than Elsa, Lourdes, Sinita, and me; but her last year at Inmaculada, we were all in the same dormitory hall of the fifteens through seventeens.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez