seventy-two

[sev-uhn-tee-too]

noun

1. a cardinal number, 70 plus 2.

2. a symbol for this number, as 72 or LXXII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

adjective

1. amounting to 72 in number.

Example Sentences

And, over the next seventy-two hours, a series of moves and countermoves, mistakes and misunderstandings, would bring the most terrifying moments yet.

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It has been seventy-two hours since the snow felland we are in the process of thawing out.

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“I am not certain. But it is quite likely you are a backup. I would put the odds at approximately seventy-two point five percent.”

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The sound of my nickname feels like seventy-two jillion vampire bats screeching right into my ear.

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“I don’t know. Except he’s been missing now for seventy-two hours, and it’ll start to look funny if we don’t act worried pretty soon.”

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