sixty-five

[ siks-tee-fahyv ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 60 plus 5.
2. a symbol for this number, as 65 or LXV.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 65 in number.

Example Sentences

“Sixty-five years altogether,” she pointed out with a laugh.

From The Daily Beast

Sixty-five percent of independents and 51 percent of non-Tea Party Republicans also prefer compromise.

From The Daily Beast

They may be any age up to sixty or even sixty-five, but when they are black and naked they all look alike.

From The Daily Beast

Sixty-five percent support the law or take a “wait and see” approach.

From The Daily Beast

Sixty-five percent of Americans say that they “like France,” according to an extensive survey published Feb. 22 in France.

From The Daily Beast

Fujiyama, the noted volcano of Japan, is twelve thousand three hundred and sixty-five feet high.

From Project Gutenberg

Madame Coquereau, in spite of her sixty-five years trudged along with springing step.

From Project Gutenberg

On nearly all railways retirement is optional at sixty and compulsory at sixty-five.

From Project Gutenberg

One hundred and sixty-five, out of twelve thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine who actually voted.

From Project Gutenberg

So strong was this feeling that the Bill was carried only by sixty-five to forty-eight.

From Project Gutenberg