SIX in a Sentence

Learn SIX 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.
367 example sentences for SIX, such as:
1. The baby was six weeks premature.
2. There were six of them to share it.
3. I moved to this city six years ago.
4. It is now six months since this agreement was made.
5. You've been absent six times according to our records.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SIX
six
 n.  the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
 n.  a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He had advanced two leagues when he was overtaken by four others, heroes of six feet, who bound him and carried him to a dungeon.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In II
2  The cannons first of all laid flat about six thousand men on each side; the muskets swept away from this best of worlds nine or ten thousand ruffians who infested its surface.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In III
3  It is now six months since this agreement was made.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In VIII
4  After this long conversation the old man ordered a coach and six sheep to be got ready, and twelve of his domestics to conduct the travellers to Court.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
5  Candide and Cacambo got into the coach, the six sheep flew, and in less than four hours they reached the King's palace situated at the extremity of the capital.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVIII
6  We have, each of us in his pocket, five or six millions in diamonds; you are more clever than I; you must go and bring Miss Cunegonde from Buenos Ayres.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XIX
7  The servants being all gone, the six strangers, with Candide and Martin, remained in a profound silence.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
8  You see," said Candide to Martin on the way, "we supped with six dethroned kings, and of those six there was one to whom I gave charity.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVII
9  There are thirty-six of you, in five or six small rooms.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
10  There were six of them to share it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
11  They make bread for six months at one time; they bake it with dried cow-dung.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
12  He left behind him five or six very curious manuscripts; among others, a dissertation on this verse in Genesis, In the beginning, the spirit of God floated upon the waters.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—MONSEIGNEUR BIENVENU MADE HIS CASSOCKS LAST TOO...
13  In the Bishop's own chamber, at the head of his bed, there was a small cupboard, in which Madame Magloire locked up the six silver knives and forks and the big spoon every night.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
14  They make very pretty woollen cords of various colors, and they play the mountain airs on little flutes with six holes.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
15  They asked us two crowns of six francs each to regild them, but.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
1  They finished the year six places above their local rivals.
2  You've been absent six times according to our records.
3  I don't want to boast, but I can actually speak six languages.
4  All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
5  I can't look after six children at my age - it's too much.
6  I began the book six months ago, but I can't seem to finish it.
7  I moved to this city six years ago.
8  She's been promising to pay back the money for six months, but I reckon she's just stringing me along.
9  George worried along six months trying to support a large family.
10  Clare is now a full-time author with six books, including four novels, under her belt.
11  The baby was six weeks premature.
12  You'll find her in the bar most every evening about six o'clock.
13  New recruits undergo six weeks' basic training at this naval base.
14  The President-elect followed in an open carriage drawn by six beautiful gray horses.
15  With practice, you should become proficient within six months.