ninety-three

[ nahyn-tee-three ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 3.
2. a symbol for this number, as 93 or XCIII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 93 in number.

Example Sentences

Alex Smith’s comeback is complete: Six-hundred ninety-three days and 17 surgeries after he suffered a compound leg fracture in a loss to the Houston Texans, Smith completed his remarkable comeback by taking the field Sunday.

From Washington Post

“I’m ninety-three. What have I got to lose? I can still mostly take care of myself. I’ll need some help for some things, but nothing like what you’re thinking.”

From Literature

Inside sat all the women of the older generation, even Grand-grand-grand Auntie, who was ninety-three.

From Literature

Sir Attenborough, who is now ninety-three and going strong, never lost his deep well of wonder, his drive to find the unseen, or his electric sense that the world out there contains magic.

From The New Yorker

The vision, ninety-three years in the future, answers, “Whoever you are, that’s who I am too.”

From The New Yorker