forty

IPA: fˈɔrti

Examples of "forty" in Sentences

When the Senate rejected him 55 – 45, it was the first such instance in forty years.
Once in forty-seven years someone actually holds the guy to account, and he fails miserably.
Nobody disputes the fact that the tax base of the USA in forty years 'time will be large enough to pay for retirement benefits.
The "old Earl" was his grandfather, Edward Stanley, who had held the title forty-two years, and died in 1776, at the age of eighty-seven.
This short book is arranged in forty second-person point-of-view chapters, each one a new thought experiment on what the afterlife might be like.
Early Park, in the parish of Bird, had been his residence since he first came to the title forty years ago, and had been the scene of all his labours.
Early Park, in the parish of B Bird, had been his residence since he first came to the title forty years ago, and had been the scene of all his labours.
"Mr. Brewer of the Crown inn, Nothingham, undertook for a wager of forty guineas to go with a mare belonging to him in a cart, to Newark and back again, being a distance of _forty miles, in four hours_.
Last year was The New Complete Works of Josephus, which I'm glad I read, though I don't think anyone else joined us for that one, since reading all of that in forty days is simply impossible for anyone with, you know, a life.