seventy-nine

[ sev-uhn-tee-nahyn ]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 9.
2. a symbol for this number, as 79 or LXXIX.
3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 79 in number.

Example Sentences

Seventy-nine percent of liberals, 62 percent of moderates, and 45 percent of conservatives want government to combat inequality.

From The Daily Beast

Seventy-nine of these were 14 or younger  when they were condemned.

From The Daily Beast

Seventy-nine percent of the women interviewed said they had been sexually abused as children by an average of four perpetrators.

From The Daily Beast

On a division Mr. Shiel's motion was rejected by seventy-nine to eighteen.

From Project Gutenberg

"Seventy-nine and one are eighty," observed Cordelia, with a little frown.

From Project Gutenberg

On a division it was rejected by a majority of two hundred and seventy-four against one hundred and seventy-nine.

From Project Gutenberg

There were in all thirty-five batteries, with a total of one hundred and seventy-nine guns, all bearing upon the town.

From Project Gutenberg

I counted the drafts aloud and had a long task, for they numbered seventy-nine.

From Project Gutenberg