FIFTH in a Sentence

Learn FIFTH 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.

76 example sentences for FIFTH, such as:

1. He finished fifth in the race.
2. My office is on the fifth floor.
3. Because the fifth is dead, as I hear.
4. I like you, and you make the fifth person.
5. 'It was, as we said, the fifth of February.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIFTH
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fifth
 n.  one part in five equal parts
 n.  number five in a series
Classic Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
1  I like you, and you make the fifth person.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  The fifth night we passed St. Louis, and it was like the whole world lit up.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
3  The fifth night below St. Louis we had a big storm after midnight, with a power of thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in a solid sheet.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII.
4  So they ate, and after that they bargained how much the miller was to give for the fifth prophecy, until they agreed on three hundred talers.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE LITTLE PEASANT
5  The fifth servant, however, crept into the stove to hear if the doctor knew still more.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In DOCTOR KNOWALL
6  Another flash showed him four men clinging to the shattered mast and the rigging, while a fifth clung to the broken rudder.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
7  At the fifth or sixth blow the pickaxe struck against an iron substance.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24. The Secret Cave.
8  Because the fifth is dead, as I hear.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
9  Well, then, your guest will be poisoned at the fifth remove, and die, at the end of eight or ten days, of pains in the intestines, sickness, or abscess of the pylorus.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 52. Toxicology.
10  After ten minutes' expectation the clock struck ten; at the fifth stroke the door opened and Lord Wilmore appeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
11  'It was, as we said, the fifth of February.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 75. A Signed Statement.
12  On the fifth day he dragged himself to the door of the cell.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 116. The Pardon.
13  Evidently he was a devotee of boots, for he had purchased four pairs, and was now trying on a fifth.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII
14  The fifth party consisted of those who were adherents of Barclay de Tolly, not so much as a man but as minister of war and commander-in-chief.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER IX
15  A second and a third report shook the air, then a fourth and a fifth boomed solemnly near by on the right.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIX
Example Sentence:
1  This is the fifth consecutive weekend that I've spent working, and I'm a bit fed up with it.
2  The team has chalked up its fifth win in a row.
3  A fifth year of drought is expected to have dramatic effects on the California economy.
4  Her mother had just given birth to another child, her fifth.
5  My office is on the fifth floor.
6  After our fifth goal the match became a rout.
7  He finished fifth in the race.
8  Joe has recently returned from his fifth trip to Australia.
9  This is the fifth and probably final day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
10  Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal.
11  There are some programs, starting in the fifth grade, which gets kids to think about the heroic mentality, the heroic imagination.
12  "I beg your pardon," said Alice very humbly: "you had got to the fifth bend, I think?"
13  Finally, the fifth item mentioned by the apologist is the rigid monotheism which stamps the whole volume.