THREE in a Sentence

Learn THREE 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.
413 example sentences for THREE, such as:
1. I saw Tom three days ago.
2. I realized it three weeks ago.
3. She was hired three years ago.
4. She arrived here three days ago.
5. I saw him three months ago today.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of THREE
three
 n.  one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
 n.  the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She'd never spoke to him before, but Mrs. Craven had been to our cottage two or three times.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
2  I have heard you crying three times," Mary said, "but I did not know who it was.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
3  He's had coughs an colds that's nearly killed him two or three times.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  All three had gasped with fright more than once.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
5  He told them how he had found the lamb just as the sun was rising three mornings ago.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
6  I was thinkin'" answered Ben, "as I'd warrant tha's, gone up three or four pound this week.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
7  Before the next day three other servants were dead and others had run away in terror.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  The river was not high, so there was not more than a two or three mile current.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  And it showed three white, startled faces, too.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  During three days Tom was deeply concerned about the Judge's condition and hungry for news of it.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
11  The three weeks he spent on his back this time seemed an entire age.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  They moved up the river street three blocks, then turned to the left up a crossstreet.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
13  I took out when the pistols went off, and I didn't stop for three mile.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
14  The boys examined three of them with no result.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
15  He bravely bore his miseries three weeks, and then one day turned up missing.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  Aim to do some physical activity three times a week for optimum health.
2  Add the onion and cook for three minutes.
3  An adult cat may produce kittens three times a year.
4  Fish and guests smell after three days.
5  One hour's sleep before midnight is worth three after.
6  Ronny caught three huge fish this afternoon.
7  The lucky winner will be able to choose from three different holidays.
8  I wish I were a free agent, but my contract binds me for three more years.
9  She was hired three years ago.
10  I saw Tom three days ago.
11  The plan was decisively rejected by Congress three weeks ago.
12  I realized it three weeks ago.
13  That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.
14  She arrived here three days ago.
15  I saw him three months ago today.