twenty-eight

American  

[twen-tee-eyt, twuhn-] / ˈtwɛn tiˈeɪt, ˈtwʌn- /

noun

1. a cardinal number, 20 plus 8.

2. a symbol for this number, as 28 or XXVIII.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

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adjective

1. amounting to 28 in number.

Example Sentences

The Soviet government knew by 1948 that the story of twenty-eight soldiers defending Moscow from dozens of German tanks in World War II did not, as they put it, “correspond to reality.”

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2022

It took Mary twenty-eight years to finally get to the tree first, and she celebrated with a little end-zone dance.

From Fox News • Dec. 14, 2021

First, since 2014, twenty-eight states and the District of Columbia have raised their state-level minimum wage above the federal level, as have forty-five cities.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Baby Chimp Rescue The chimpanzee rescue team now has twenty-eight chimps to look after, including an eight week-old baby.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2020

The twenty-eight ostriches of the Midway ostrich farm bore the loss with their usual aplomb.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson