FIFTH in a Sentence
Learn FIFTH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
76 example sentences for FIFTH, such as:
1. He finished fifth in the race.
2. My office is on the fifth floor.
3. Because the fifth is dead, as I hear.
4. I like you, and you make the fifth person.
5. 'It was, as we said, the fifth of February.
2. My office is on the fifth floor.
3. Because the fifth is dead, as I hear.
4. I like you, and you make the fifth person.
5. 'It was, as we said, the fifth of February.
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Meanings and Examples of FIFTH
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fifth
n. one part in five equal parts
n. a quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1 I like you, and you make the fifth person.
2 The fifth night we passed St. Louis, and it was like the whole world lit up.
3 The fifth night below St. Louis we had a big storm after midnight, with a power of thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in a solid sheet.
4 So they ate, and after that they bargained how much the miller was to give for the fifth prophecy, until they agreed on three hundred talers.
5 The fifth servant, however, crept into the stove to hear if the doctor knew still more.
6 Another flash showed him four men clinging to the shattered mast and the rigging, while a fifth clung to the broken rudder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
Context Highlight In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
7 At the fifth or sixth blow the pickaxe struck against an iron substance.
8 Because the fifth is dead, as I hear.
9 Well, then, your guest will be poisoned at the fifth remove, and die, at the end of eight or ten days, of pains in the intestines, sickness, or abscess of the pylorus.
10 After ten minutes' expectation the clock struck ten; at the fifth stroke the door opened and Lord Wilmore appeared.
11 'It was, as we said, the fifth of February.
12 On the fifth day he dragged himself to the door of the cell.
13 Evidently he was a devotee of boots, for he had purchased four pairs, and was now trying on a fifth.
14 The fifth party consisted of those who were adherents of Barclay de Tolly, not so much as a man but as minister of war and commander-in-chief.
15 A second and a third report shook the air, then a fourth and a fifth boomed solemnly near by on the right.
Example Sentence:
1 This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working, and I'm a bit fed up with it.
2 The team has chalked up its fifth win in a row.
3 A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.
4 Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth.
5 My office is on the fifth floor.
6 After our fifth goal the match became a rout.
7 He finished fifth in the race.
8 Joe has recently returned from his fifth trip to Australia.
9 This is the fifth and probably final day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
10 Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal.
11 There are some programs, starting in the fifth grade, which gets kids to think about the heroic mentality, the heroic imagination.
12 "I beg your pardon," said Alice very humbly: "you had got to the fifth bend, I think?"
13 Finally, the fifth item mentioned by the apologist is the rigid monotheism which stamps the whole volume.