seventy-seven
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 70 plus 7.
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a symbol for this number, as 77 or LXXVII.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“As a girl, Johanna was not required to do a woman’s work about the place,” Florence Angermiller learned when she interviewed Johanna at age seventy-seven.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2019
According to the Web site TrumpGolfCount.com, which meticulously tracks Trump’s play, he has made a hundred and sixty-five visits to golf clubs since becoming President, and he has played golf at least seventy-seven times.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 2019
Nina Turner, the president of Our Revolution, the activist group started by Bernie Sanders, led everyone in a round of “Happy Birthday” for Sanders, who turned seventy-seven that day.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2018
There are five hundred and seventy-seven deputies in the French National Assembly; to gain a working majority, you need two hundred and eighty-nine.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2017
Father’s bedroom was directly under mine but at seventy-seven he slept soundly.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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