ninety-one

American  

[nahyn-tee-wuhn] / ˈnaɪn tiˈwʌn /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 90 plus 1.

2. a symbol for this number, as 91 or XCI.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 91 in number.

Example Sentences

Gas produces ninety-one percent of its energy, oil contributes nine percent and solar provides less than 0.01 percent.

From Salon

Then I pumped up one hundred shots without stopping, making ninety-one of them.

From Literature

Four hundred and ninety-one likely Democratic presidential primary voters in New Hampshire were questioned by live telephone operators for the Saint Anselm College poll.

From Fox News

Pierce was about nineteen years old when she attended the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, and she was ninety-one when she became eligible to vote for the first time.

From Literature

So he participated, knowing that he would likely receive a prison sentence, and even though his father, who lives on Long Island, and whom he visits every week, is now ninety-one.

From The New Yorker