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
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
In 2016, the last time he ran for Congress, O’Rourke won eighty-six per cent of the vote.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
“A hundred and eighty-six bucks. Everything I had.”
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
