eighty-six
Example Sentences
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The hedge fund that had bought the company had already tried to eighty-six Freds’ rosy sautéed chicken livers over sourdough toast, proving once again that money can’t buy taste.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021
A practitioner still needs to be choosy, though: a recent investigation by the London Times revealed that eighty-six per cent of the rivers in England contained pollution levels exceeding current E.U. standards.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020
One promethium isotope, with eighty-eight neutrons, has a half-life of a few days; the other, with eighty-six neutrons, has a half-life of a few years.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 27, 2019
Doug, at eighty-six, is an example of a healthy man.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019
Eight hundred and eighty-six dollars wont last long, but it will give me time to get my bearings.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
