Used in a Sentence

sixty

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for sixty.

Editorial note

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

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(broadcasting) A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sixty gathered in one view.

noun

(broadcasting) A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sixty.

Example sentences

1

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

2

I think the concern is that I have, for example, around sixty different spices on my spice rack.

3

By discarding a computing model that has stood unchallenged for sixty years, we are poised to leave sixty years of compromises and inefficiencies behind.

4

This should probably have a (2007) in the title, its only two more years until it turns sixty!

5

The missile, sixty miles high, must be coming up on the peak of its trajectory by now...

6

A neighboring county logs nearly sixty five thousand miles a day while school is in session.

7

Through which passage are you going to fit the most people in a sixty-minute period?

8

Fifty or sixty years ago, a cousin had a telephone number that was one digit off from a big taxi company's.

9

Although that said, my sixty year old mother is currently learning to code herself.

10

This is not helped by the three hundred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and thirty two numbers typed out as words rather than digits.

11

Seems like the discovered the effects of low-carb diets sixty years ago?

12

By sixty, it's peaked in influence and started on its way out.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use sixty in a sentence?

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

What does sixty mean?

(broadcasting) A commercial lasting 60 seconds.

What part of speech is sixty?

sixty is commonly used as noun.