eighty
noun, plural eight·ies.
adjective
Origin of eighty
Examples from the Web for eighties
Contemporary Examples of eighties
The archaeologist Sarah Nelson is in her eighties, and she would go dig in China this minute if she could get grant money.
The images tend to be followed by an equally non-contextual eighties reference and nothing more is said.
Its eighties music is so cheesy and the struggle is so real.
The novel might be a metafiction in the style of John Barth, who has also in his eighties been influenced by cognitive science.
Back in the eighties, no one knew about a hot glue gun except display people.
Historical Examples of eighties
The epigram, with its faint whiff of the eighties, meant nothing.
Howards EndE. M. Forster
I first met him one Fourth of July afternoon in the middle eighties.
Blazed Trail StoriesStewart Edward White
These two belong to the group known as "the Men of the Eighties."
Maxim GorkiHans Ostwald
It broke down the strength of Mr. Gladstone's Government in the eighties.
Home RuleHarold Spender
He had time to go over to the precinct station in the West Eighties first.
Out Like a LightGordon Randall Garrett