sixteen
noun
a cardinal number, ten plus six.
sixteens
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pluralof sixteen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A Harvard Medical School lecturer, she worries that lavish ultrasound parties will lead to extravagant first birthday parties, sweet sixteens and weddings as parents try to one-up themselves.
From Washington Times ● May 15, 2016
Don’t give him all the page sixteens when you come back.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
She shoots all kinds of parties and events—weddings, bar mitzvahs, quinceaneras, graduations, anniversaries, sweet sixteens.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
I find myself standing in a clump of sixteens from the Seam.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
He liked eights best, but he’d settle for fours, sixes, twelves, sixteens, any even number, really.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
