forty-five

Example Sentences

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It had been a cold week—fifty-three below one night, forty-five below the next two, and never rising above twenty below with wild wind out of the northwest the whole time.

From Literature

That single, thirteen-letter spirit word was translated by a medium’s assistant into a paragraph containing forty-five words of English!

From Literature

“Thirty.eight, thirty-nine, blackberry, huckleberry, forty-five, strawberry, thirty-two, raspberry . . .” So it is very likely that he took fewer than fifty steps, or perhaps many more.

From Literature

Three times before two forty-five, when class was finally over for the day, Bat’s group said, “Mr. Grayson, Bat won’t let us help!”

From Literature

“Wow, I didn’t go to the opera until I was forty-five years old,” Minna said.

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