ninety-five

[ nahyn-tee-fahyv ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 95 or XCV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 95 in number.

Example Sentences

“Eight hundred ninety-five new Floridians are arriving each day,” Martinez said.

From Washington Post

Then he sat down in his black leather chair, considered his move for ninety-five seconds, and played his knight to his king bishop’s third square.

From Literature

If Vern was ninety-five years old, he must have been scuba diving and teaching into his eighties.

From Literature

And no one there seemed very interested when Jim declared, “We can drive down the prices by ninety to ninety-five percent.”

From Literature

When the clock tips over on him, his son observes, “When you’re ninety-five, and Father Time literally knocks you to the ground, don’t you think he’s maybe trying to tell you something?”

From Seattle Times