fifths
- plural of fifth.
Example Sentences
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At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024
Caucus members account for three fifths of the lower house and half of the senate seats.
From Reuters • Sep. 27, 2023
The song has easy rhythms, said Glass, but it’s more challenging to sing because of the wider vocal range and the way the melody line leaps by fifths and octaves.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
By 1725 more than 300 people had been accused of witchcraft in New England, nearly four fifths of whom were women.
From Scientific American • May 31, 2023
Figure 6.2: You can continue this series of perfect fifths to get the rest of the notes of a chromatic scale; the series would continue F sharp, C sharp, and so on.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
