thirty-nine
a cardinal number, 30 plus 9.
a symbol for this number, as 39 or XXXIX.
a set of this many persons or things.
amounting to 39 in number.
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How to use thirty-nine in a sentence
Similarly, the thirty-nine framers at Philadelphia were allowed to profess their faith even in the public square.
The Constitution and the Candidates: Race, Religion, Romney, and Ryan | Akhil Reed Amar | August 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPerched next to the officers was a rotund thirty-nine-year-old writer with thick wire-rim glasses named Abbott Joseph Liebling.
The Story of the American Journalists Who Landed on D-Day | Timothy M. Gay | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBe on the lookout for blue Buick sedan, nineteen thirty-nine model, red wheels, being driven by Raymond Delancy.
Openings were then made from the surface at A and B, and stairways constructed reaching to a depth of thirty-nine feet.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowTo agree to it, they said, was to lose the bill; but it was carried by one hundred and twenty-six against thirty-nine.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
On a division the second reading of the bill was negatived by a majority of thirty-nine to twenty-two.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolanthirty-nine members were to be allowed to each province, and distributed without any great alteration of the existing boundaries.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
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