How to Use sixth in a Sentence

sixth

noun
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  • Only about a sixth of the town voted for her.
  • The Dodgers led 5-0 by the time Stone gave up a run in the sixth.
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
  • Cleveland missed a great chance to get back in the game in the sixth.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Colorado’s best chance to get to Sale came in the sixth.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Andrew Vaughn put the Sox ahead with a two-run homer in the sixth.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
  • Auburn is third in the conference against the run and sixth against the pass.
    — Andrew Astleford, ajc, 16 Nov. 2017
  • Before that, John Schreiber was charged with one run in the sixth.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • Crochet worked out of the tight spot in the sixth to wrap up his outing.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • On their way to winning for the fourth time in six games, the Marlins broke the game open in the sixth.
    — Miami Herald, 6 May 2024
  • The Sox put runners on second and third with two outs in the sixth.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • In the sixth, the Vikings worked a leadoff walk and Colton Duffy came on in relief.
    — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • Bergeron sat for the fourth game in a row and sixth in the Bruins’ last eight games.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2019
  • But the Mountaineers scored three runs in the fourth before turning the game on its head in the sixth.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 27 May 2023
  • In the sixth, a Henderson groundball gave the O’s a dozen runs.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
  • Their best chance died when Nathaniel Lowe missed a slider and Jung rolled over a slurve in the sixth.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • That’s why just one sixth of the crust provides 15 grams of carb with 0 grams of fiber, about the amount in a slice of white bread.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health.com, 17 Sep. 2019
  • At the New York premiere, a sixth of the audience walked out.
    — Geoffrey O’Brien, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Vargas doubled the lead with a two-run double in the sixth.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Austin Slater left the field with a trainer after running to first in the sixth.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023
  • In a circuit that features 36 points races a year, that's a sixth of the season over and done.
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Sean Babiak scored the winning run on a Tiger error in the sixth.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2023
  • Contreras cut the lead to 2-1 with his homer in the fourth, but the Dodgers scored twice in the fifth and blew the game open with a four-run sixth.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
  • Hampshire answered with two runs in the fourth, but the Cardinals put the game away in the sixth.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
  • If not for a missed 4-foot birdie putt on the par-5 sixth, Watson would have won the first seven holes.
    — The Associated Press, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The Rays had a string of 32 shutout innings snapped when the Sox scored a run on a double-play groundout in the sixth.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Chicago made it 5-0 on a two-run homer by Andrew Vaughn off Allen in the sixth.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • After a three-and-out, the Ravens’ sixth of the game, Buffalo took over at its 28-yard line.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • And in the sixth, the player was drafted by a different team.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The launch of season 2 drew just over 500 players, a sixth of what the game saw for its Joker season.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Staying on top Yet fortunes are always changing: This year will mark Solomon’s sixth in the corner office.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024

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