twenty-nine

American  

[twen-tee-nahyn, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈnaɪn, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 9.

2. a symbol for this number, as 29 or XXIX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 29 in number.

Example Sentences

In his opening statement, Chauvin’s attorney said the evidence in this case is "far greater than nine minutes and twenty nine seconds" that Chauvin presses his knee to Floyd’s neck.

From Fox News • Mar. 29, 2021

"One hundred and twenty nine million people with pre-existing conditions?" scoffed Gingrey.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2011

There are twenty nine in the Breast, viz. twenty four Ribs, two Clavicles or Channel-Bones and commonly three Bones in the Sternum.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

Uncle Monetti pretended not to hear, and said to his nephew who was pocketing the twenty nine sous: "Do not be in a hurry about repayment."

From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry

And then it began to rain, and it kept on raining until the water went twenty nine feet over the highest mountain.

From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Ingersoll, Robert Green