forty

Example Sentences

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I have forty dollars left over from my vacation spending money.

From Literature

They always parked the Shack & Shop on private property — high ground — at least forty miles from where his father thought he and Tomás would be working.

From Literature

Even though McDaniels is still in his forties, he has been working in the same system long enough that he seems to know instantly how to address any situation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The middle-aged artist appears in the picture’s foreground while behind her “are three small figures, dressed in the winter clothing of the girls of forty years ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Though harmonic tremors had ceased again after May 8, twenty to forty earthquakes still shook the ground every day.

From Literature