fives - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • play: In fact he had been playing fives two day earlier at Eton.

Adjective modifier

  • high: The engine is beautifully tuned and will pull from almost nothing well into the high fives.
  • par: Much of it is due to the par fives, three of which play at least 580 yards.

Modifies a noun

  • court: There is no fives court or activity at the new school at Kings Heath.
  • ball: This involved the maximum amount of running about and hitting a fives ball without it ever becoming a formal game.
  • player: Such is the life of a traveling fives player.
  • team: The fives team toured to England only once this year - to the Northern Championships in February.
  • group: There were also questionnaires for those who had booked the performers for their under fives group.
  • time: In eight categories, the Challenger came top fives times and joint top three times.

Noun used with modifier

  • school: The Governors of Chigwell were not prepared to finance the repair of the school fives courts.

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