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Example sentences for "one hundred and twenty"

  • Toroa', a small steam-packet of one hundred and twenty tons, trading between Melbourne and Tasmanian ports, was chartered.

  • After rising two hundred feet, we stood beneath the beacons which loomed above to a height of one hundred and twenty-eight feet.

  • The lowest section was ten inches square and tapered upwards to the small royal mast at a prospective height of one hundred and twenty feet.

  • And yet he confessed, that in a vessel of one hundred and twenty tons, in which he had carried two hundred and ninety slaves, the latter had not all of them room to lie on their backs.

  • At length, on a division, there appeared to be one hundred and twenty-five against the amendment, and for it only seventeen.

  • And on the day of appearance, one hundred and twenty women, with good clubs in their hands, came and besieged the church where the reverend ministers sat.

  • This convoy consisted of one hundred and twenty sail, leaving only twelve vessels at Carlshamn, which were a part of the St. George's convoy that could not obtain anchors and cables.

  • An up-rush and down-rush at the sides has been measured of twenty miles a second; a side-rush or whirl, of one hundred and twenty miles a second.

  • Of course these are not exact methods of measurement, and would not be correct to a hair at one hundred and twenty-five feet, but they perfectly illustrate the true methods of measurement.

  • Now, thirty quarters added to one hundred and twenty, are one hundred and fifty.

  • The object of Mr. Malthus is to ascertain the cost in labor of producing ten men's wages (or one hundred and twenty quarters) under the conditions of this case Alpha.

  • So, without saying a word about it to anybody else, I 've stepped over here to tell you that if you want it I 'll throw that strip in to you at one hundred and twenty-five dollars per front foot.

  • Now, you have time, and if you feel disposed to take that property I 'll let you have it at the merely nominal price of one hundred and twenty-five dollars a front foot.

  • That would give you a frontage of two hundred and thirty-nine feet on the terrace, with a depth altogether of one hundred and twenty-five feet!

  • One hundred and twenty of these were trumpeters, the rest had cymbals, harps, and psalteries.

  • He is said to have reigned seventy-five years after his accession, and to have died at the age of one hundred and twenty-seven years, and his burial place is pointed out on the northern side of Mount Unebi, in the province of Yamato.

  • Instead of a few men to contend with, we had a force of one hundred and twenty to give us a warm reception, which they did in most orthodox style.

  • And of course I must have a diamond breastpin, one hundred and twenty-five more.

  • Their engines were worked by hand, the companies having from seventy-five to one hundred and twenty-five members each, and were always present at the fires, but were powerless to do anything.

  • I was assigned to the line-of-battle ship St. Vincent, one hundred and twenty guns.

  • The Jefferson continues as yesterday, shoaly and rapid, but as the islands though numerous are small, it is however more collected into one current than it was below, and is from ninety to one hundred and twenty yards in width.

  • He was thinking of his days in the penitentiary, and so was she.

  • Great interest is manifested in the education of the children of the tribe: four schools are in operation, with an attendance of one hundred and twenty-three scholars; and two more schoolhouses are in course of erection.

  • There are at present three schools in operation on this reservation, with an attendance of one hundred and twenty scholars.

  • There are four schools in operation for the bands at Lake Traverse, attended by one hundred and twenty-three scholars.

  • Colonel Sir Thomas Saumarez, about thirty seamen and marines were taken off the rocks of the Hannois at daylight, making the entire number saved about sixty-eight; whilst the loss amounted to one hundred and twenty-seven.

  • Out of one hundred and twenty-two, sixty-four only survived.

  • The crew of the Liguria consisted, of one hundred and twenty men of all nations, whilst that of the Espoir was but eighty men, of which the master was killed, and six men wounded.

  • By his first throw of one hundred and twenty-one feet two, Mack remained still the winner.

  • One hundred and twenty-one feet and two inches," was the final verdict, and from the crowd there rose a roar that rolled like thunder around the hills.

  • Twice over the judges measured the throw, then announced "One hundred and twenty-one feet.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "one hundred and twenty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could not help feeling; long past; making signs; one after; one another; one can; one case; one could; one for; one has; one hour; one may; one moment; one occasion; one part; one person; one pound; one that; one thousand five hundred; one volume; one with; one would have said; paused again; sacred literature; this generation; whatever kind