How to Use sixth in a Sentence

sixth

noun

• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• Cooper Walls came on in relief of Pearlman with two on and one out in the sixth.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2023
• The Amazins’ last chance to shorten the lead with a runner in scoring position came in the sixth.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
• The course of the evening changed, however, on a debatable decision from Roberts in the sixth.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024

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