quintuplet

Example Sentences

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Their parents later regained custody of the quintuplets.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

A set of quintuplets from New Jersey are now all graduates of the same school in their home state — albeit with different majors.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2024

In 2014, for example, a Quebec woman convinced her town she was expecting quintuplets.

From National Geographic • Sep. 11, 2023

The expression has become a sturdy shorthand cultural marker for this country, along with poutines, red-and-black woolen lumberjack shirts, peameal bacon, the Dionne quintuplets and Paul Anka.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2020

For although every family in Milagro had fruit trees, virtually all of these fruit trees bore fruit about as often as the women of Milagro bore quintuplets.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols