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

Muriel Spark’s protagonist—“she might be as young as twenty-nine or as old as thirty-six”—comes to us, at first, as a burlesque.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

It said that twenty-nine members of staff based at the Peterlee site had been kept on to help with trading.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

Finally twenty-nine Funny, just like you were at the time Thought it was a teenage dream, just a fantasy But was it yours or was it mine?

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2023

In April 1955 representatives from twenty-nine such countries in Asia and Africa gathered at a conference in Bandung, Indonesia.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

I’ll buy time another way: Ask anyone over twenty-nine about their love life and you can stop the clock cold for fifteen minutes, minimum.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle