thirty-six

[ thur-tee-siks ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 30 plus 6.
2. a symbol for this number, as 36 or XXXVI.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 36 in number.

Example Sentences

Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.

From The Daily Beast

As a thirty-six-year-old olive-skinned Puerto Rican woman, Maddy had been doubly lonely since the first week of trial.

From The Daily Beast

Thirty-six Palestinians and Israeli Arabs were killed by Israeli police and troops in the first three days of the second intifada.

From The Daily Beast

Thirty-six hours ago, a fiscal cliff deal had seemed within reach.

From The Daily Beast

Thirty-six percent is well below the 43 percent Obama captured four years ago.

From The Daily Beast

With the announcement of the thirty-six directors, it was possible to proceed to the active opening of the institutions.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the thirty-six artillery men manning the guns, twenty-four had been killed and wounded.

From Project Gutenberg

This same engine is still at work, and her regular duty is from thirty-six to thirty-eight millions.

From Project Gutenberg

In some regions it is as high as forty-nine or fifty inches and, in others, as low as thirty-six or thirty-seven inches.

From Project Gutenberg

Off the Buccaneer's Archipelago the tides are strong and rise to the height of thirty-six feet.

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