She began her career as a model at the age of thirteen, modeling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior.
At thirteen years old, de Forest speaks with the confidence and the knowledge of someone much older.
Last year, I went to India with my daughter who was thirteen at the time to meet some artisans.
For him to get killed in action thirteen years after the war began.
thirteen years after 9/11, the World Trade Center is undergoing a massive transformation.
They proved to be Cheyennes--two men, and a boy of thirteen.
I have thirteen arrows yet, and if one of them fly unfleshed, then, by the twang of string!
Out of every dozen packets, perhaps, I fixed one that had thirteen.
Cost me thirteen dollars to repair one; vulcanize the tire, y'see.
Ah, there was Diablo, the very number Allis had said carried no dread for her, thirteen.
early 15c., metathesis of Old English þreotene (Mercian), þreotiene (West Saxon), from þreo "three" (see three) + -tene (see -teen). Cf. Old Frisian thretten, Dutch dertien, German dreizehn.
Not an unlucky number in medieval England, but associated rather with the customary "extra item" (e.g. baker's dozen). Superstitions began with association with the Last Supper, and the unluckiness of 13 sitting down together to dine (attested from 1690s). Most of the modern superstitions (buildings with floor "12-A," etc.) have developed since 1890.
