Used in a Sentence

fortnight

How to use fortnight in a sentence. Live example sentences for fortnight pulled from indexed public discussions.

Editorial note

Everything else goes on a Debit Card and is recorded - takes us about 20-30mins a fortnight.

Examples14
Definitions0
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Everything else goes on a Debit Card and is recorded - takes us about 20-30mins a fortnight.

Example sentences

1

Everything else goes on a Debit Card and is recorded - takes us about 20-30mins a fortnight.

2

It's not that uncommon for people to pay their internet in advance, only for a line outage to go unfixed for a fortnight.

3

They were literally a fortnight away from having to surrender during WW II.

4

How did you manage to achieve that, because I gave up on Arch due to it breaking at least once a fortnight.

5

We offer competitive salaries dependent on experience, a generous bonus scheme, flexible training budget, brown bag talks and a Kaizen day for self-improvement and experimentation every fortnight.

6

If they happen to be unavailable one Thursday, do they have to wait a fortnight before I deign to speak to them again?

7

A relative worked for an alcohol post-rehab center (Patients would get the severage in the hospital first for a fortnight, then go to rehab for several months).

8

Um...the one(s) where a 'fortnight' is still a thing?

9

I'd tried working 9 days of every fortnight and doing longer days to make up for the 10th day's hours, but that didn't help.

10

The third reading is scheduled in a fortnight.

11

The 105 has even more standby & talk time per charge, allegedly, and I only charge my 100 once every week/fortnight depending on use.

12

Typically it amounted to one day a fortnight.

Quote examples

1

When I first got the routing engine up and running, I literally spent the next fortnight fixing routing bugs in OSM - "I'd go that way, why doesn't the router agree?".

2

If I lived in a housing scheme that had such an arrangement ("we have a gardener that comes around every week"), then Yes, if I'd bought that house with that arrangement, I don't get to dodge the fees, just because I think he should only come around once a fortnight.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fortnight in a sentence?

Everything else goes on a Debit Card and is recorded - takes us about 20-30mins a fortnight.