eighty-nine
[ey-tee-nahyn]
- a cardinal number, 80 plus 9.
- a symbol for this number, as 89 or LXXXIX.
- a set of this many persons or things.
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- amounting to 89 in number.
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Examples from the Web for eighty-nine
Contemporary Examples
Eighty-nine percent occurred when the person was awake, rather than dreaming or dozing.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of DeathPatricia Pearson
August 11, 2014
Eighty-nine percent of them are using some form of contraception; 15.3 million Americans use prescription hormonal birth control.
“Eighty-nine dollars,” says the nice lady at the desk when I ask for a room.
Historical Examples
They were eighty-nine versts from the little village on the Beresina, but they were not afraid.
You ought to have crossed with him in the old Nausia in 'eighty-nine.
Ship-BoredJulian Street
They had one hundred and eighty-nine paid officers under them.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.Leslie Stephen
The whole remaining eighty-nine will quarrel for the twelfth place.
Jersey Street and Jersey LaneH. C. Bunner
Aunt Lucy was Cynthia's grandmother, and eighty-nine years of age.
Coniston, CompleteWinston Churchill