forty-four

American  

[fawr-tee-fawr, -fohr] / ˈfɔr tiˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 40 plus 4.

2. a symbol for this number, as 44 or XLIV.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 44 in number.

Example Sentences

“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

This added to the other payments made up forty four pounds, eight shillings, which I had paid on my own account.

From A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa, but Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America, Related by Himself by Smith, Venture

I was a witness of the events of the forty four days intervening between the raid and his execution.

From The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It by Leech, Rev. Samuel Vanderlip