ninety-seven

[ nahyn-tee-sev-uhn ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 7.
2. a symbol for this number, as 97 or XCVII.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 97 in number.

Example Sentences

Ninety-seven businesses were destroyed and 2,500 more were damaged.

From The Daily Beast

In twenty-one years as a pitcher, Johnson gave up only ninety-seven home runs.

From The Daily Beast

Why, old Gilbert Spoonholler was ninety-seven year old when he went away.

From Project Gutenberg

It is ninety-seven miles due East from the situation assigned to Dampier's Rocks.

From Project Gutenberg

The bill was read a third time on the 8th of July, by a majority of two hundred and ninety-seven against ninety-four.

From Project Gutenberg

On a division, the motion was lost by a majority of one hundred and ninety-seven against ninety-two.

From Project Gutenberg

On a division Lord John Russell's amendment was negatived by one hundred and ninety-seven against one hundred and twenty-eight.

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