How to Use percentile in a Sentence

percentile

noun

• His height and weight are in the 80th percentile for boys his age.
• This week’s storms took the state to about the 20th percentile.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
• Among bigs, his shot rate at the rim is in the 88th percentile.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2021
• That number ranked in the 80th percentile in the league, per Cleaning The Glass.
  — Conor Roche, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
• That doesn’t mean Nvidia is in the top percentile (which would be the 99th percentile).
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2024
• The Bucks only took 21% of their shots at the rim tonight, which is 8th percentile.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2022
• His 34-inch arms were in the 71st percentile of his rookie class.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Mar. 2021
• Look for tutors who have scored in the 95th percentile.
  — Gerald Bradshaw, Post-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2018
• In math, fourth graders scored at the 32 percentile and eighth graders at 29 percent.
  — Author: Naomi Klouda, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
• The largest cuts would go to taxpayers in the 95th to 99th percentiles of income.
  — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 19 Dec. 2017
• Our tester’s son, who is in the 99th percentile for height, never seemed squished.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 14 Feb. 2024
• That places him in the 98th percentile (or the top two percent) of all NBA players that year.
  — Joel Rush, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Our son has been around the 95th percentile for height, and the upper 99th for weight, ever since.
  — Paul L. Underwood, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• Over the course of the season, India ranks near the 60th percentile in MLB in barrel rate.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 July 2021
• The Covid death rate in the hospital’s treatment area was at the 52nd percentile.
  — Melanie Evans, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
• And like Alaska’s already raised it up to the 75 percentile.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
• That would rank him in the 75th percentile of hitters this season.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2020
• Play Known for his size and arm strength, Doyle ranked in the 99th percentile for arm strength at The Opening over the summer.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2017
• Caucasian kids like mine tend to land in the higher percentiles.
  — Elissa Strauss, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018
• Species richness in these gardens scored in the 86th percentile or above.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
• In the exams mentioned, GPT-4 scored in the 88th percentile and above, and a full list of exams and the system’s scores can be seen here.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 14 Mar. 2023
• The biggest takeaway is the results by the percentiles where the lowest percentile lost the most.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2022
• Looking at a game’s 99th percentile frames gives you a better idea of how smooth a game feels.
  — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 6 Mar. 2018
• The companies with the highest growth are ranked in the highest percentile.
  — Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• As a team, the Knicks were in the 87th and 84th percentile in those categories during his minutes.
  — Mat Issa, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• For instance, if the 85th percentile was five years, then all of the sentences above five were re-coded to be five.
  — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
• His three open SPACs are all in the bottom 20th percentile for returns since the market top.
  — Brandon Kochkodin, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2021
• In each of those years, Charmoli ranked at or above the 95th percentile for the number of crowns installed by dentists in the state.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2022
• By 18 months, Sky was so tall that her height measured above the 95th percentile on the standardized growth chart.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
• Students in the 10th and 25th percentiles did not show significant changes, the data shows.
  — Kristina Watrobski, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025