forty-four
Americannoun
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a cardinal number, 40 plus 4.
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a symbol for this number, as 44 or XLIV.
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a set of this many persons or things.
adjective
Example Sentences
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“A hundred and forty four years ago, there would have been a lot of tears and we can still feel their hurt,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021
As my wife of forty four years struggled for three years until her death with small cell lung cancer, I loved her more deeply with each day that passed.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2018
Two hundred and forty four miles from Charleston, Debbie Dills was on her way to work Thursday morning when she pulled alongside a car and saw a driver with a distinctive haircut.
From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2015
A hundred and forty four," said the ghost, "and I never got a scratch.
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Kershaw, Nora
In March, 1852, forty four women and thirty-six children arrived on one steamer.
From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs
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